thanks, interesting enough i saw a guy hauling a track hoe at night with no lights but i coulda swore at was or should have been a permitted load.
what do you guys fell is the best brand of trailer, liddelle, fontaine, fontaine specialized, XL, trailking, or any others. THANKS!!!!!!
IMO i would own nothing but a Rogers or Talbert Rogers being first still own and run daily a 1969 Rogers 40ton and the trailer is bullet prof know alot of guys with Fontains and they just dont seem to hold up and a friend of mine has a Challenger and its a decent trailer for the money.
thanks, down in the south i dont think i have ever seen a rogers. might have seen a talbert in NC but not in georgia, usually the guys down here run liddelle, fountaine, or trailking. when your looking at trailers what are you looking for. and what kinds of tractors do you use, and what do you look for in them.
I have a 65 ton 11 axle trail king west coast set-up. I love the trailer. Best thing about a westcoast setup is no shiming the stinger! Plus a better ride in my opinion. Definately get a printer and print out your permits in the truck. Annual permits will save our butt. Because there is no waiting for permits and no ooops...I screwed up when ordering permits. Annuals have all the criteria listed on them. They are usually pretty liberal. States are different when it comes to running at night. Some allow it, some don't. Some want lights on the load, some don't. The best thing I can tell you there is get a OD book. It will go over the laws per state. As far a a truck goes, I have a T800W. It has the largest radiator in the industry. If you don't run west, don't bother with one. Unless you just like them because they are mean looking. I have 625 hp with a 2 speed rears and a 4 speed box. Also if you run west you might want to look into another braking system. I have jakes, klam brake, and cat brake, plus my regular air brakes. Look for a truck that is built for Heavy haul. Not some shade tree mechanic truck somebody threw together. Double frame, steerable drop axle and a large cfm compressor is a must. If you don't have a big compressor it will take an hour or better to air up your trailer and if you have a slight leak.....good luck.
On an eastcoast trailer (non walking beam) when you load the trailer it takes the bow outta the trailer. Which ditributes the weight differently. So you put shims inbetween the stinger and the trailer to put more weight on the stinger. It pushes the stinger down more to put more weight on it. Plus sometimes you have to re shim your deck aswell. A real pita! Just get a west coast trailer and be done with it!
Depending on where your gonna run and how heavy you want to run you dont need a stinger i run all over new england,ny,pa and nj with a 6 axel unit and can gross 130,000lbs the stingers are more of a out west deal rarely do i see one on the east coast.
about the most i think i wan to do is a tri axle tractor and a tri axle trailer and a stinger for those just in case loads. would you by chance happen to know what the nitrogen device on the stinger is for. do you mostly haul for contractors or deliver new equipment?
