Need some old timer advice please,

There's a couple old timers around that ran for them. I doubt 3 drivers, though. The trucks had 4 fuel tanks, and the drivers switched once at a fuel stop half way. 3 drivers wouldn't work at all.

 

It is possible that the owner had an airplane and wanted to be able to spot his trailers from the air.
the reason I say that,is in the 80's I was working construction and had a company pickup. The owner passed a popular bar that a lot of the foremans hung out at everyday on his way home, but didn't want to come in and see who was driving his pickups that were always parked there. lol
I looked up one day and saw someone messing with my pickup, so went over and it was a guy painting a big number on the tailgate, he told me why. lol
We weren't exactly brain dead, so just started backing in. lol A week or so later the painter was back and painting big numbers on the roof, so he could see them from his helicopter. lol

 

3.08 sounds like a good option.

 

Im not sure, guessing it all depends on the axle manufacture and what they offer.

 

Call Maupins down in Dodge. Sometimes they have random stuff out back in their yard. When I had my FLD I sourced used parts from them a few times.

 

Talked with an old timer up home today that “knew a lot of the Monfort hands” so take this with a grain of salt:

He said they did have three person teams assigned to a truck, but one person was always home. He claimed they’d run two trips and get off the truck for a trip. He claimed that way the same guys were in the same truck and you always had one guy that was fresh coming off hometime. Is it true? Maybe. But it does make sense.