Pin on third axle

I have discussed this several times with my boss for my truck as well.

My truck is a KW T880 with 46k 60" Tandem and a 20K Steer. I have the length in the frame that we could add a tag axle in front of the drives if necessary. The downside is that instead of a rack we used the extra length to mount tool boxes on either side for all my gear.



If we went with the tag axle I would have to lose those boxes and go back to a normal rack. I'm not to fond of that since the truck we have with a tag on it is a pain to work with because getting up the the rack is not easy or convenient.

Another reason I've tried to look more into the pin on axle vs a lift is that my empty weight is already more than 25k for the tractor. I don't haul heavy often enough to justify carrying the extra weight of that axle all the time.

When I do haul anything that heavy it is pretty much always going to be leaving from our local customer going out to a job site or we deadhead out to bring it back.

Right now our 4 axle is a Pete 379 with 14.5k steer, 20k tag and 40k drives. They only have 53" spacings on the rear though so they do run into permitting issues sometimes from that.

The goal with me having the additional rear axle would be to haul heavy with our 3 axle flats mostly.

Haven't done a whole lot of research into this so far though so I'd be interested in any info that you vets have to offer.

 

I did get some pics of one of the units in the yard but I've been stoopid busy pulling a sand can I'll get them posted when I get a down day time to sleep now.

 

Here is the photos as promised. As you can see it's just bolted to the back of the frame and is most definitely a lift axle.

 

That's not really a pin on per say, the ones I was thinking of pin on like a trailer axle.

 

It actually works better than a trailer pin on. It's quick and easy and quite a bit lighter. I wouldn't recommend it with a light frame tho.

 

You mean it comes off easy?

 

Yea it takes about 5 minutes to unbolt and drive away from it. It is super easy.

 

20k air lift pin on tag

 

Thanks for those pictures Haulhand, I've been seriously thinking about one of these to turn my 4 axle lowboy truck into a 5 axle when I want it to be. Especially if I every wind up pulling a belly or side dump, moreso especially if the haul pays by the tonnage. I've seen some pictures of guys out on the west coast mostly pulling logging equipment, with pin on's similar to this. Including the pin-on axle some trucks are 5's and I've even seen a 6 axle truck.

Seeing you're from Wyoming, I penciled it out a few years ago that if I pinned on a 5th axle to my truck, and found a 4 axle belly dump to pull I should be packing around very, very close to the same weight as your standard Wyoming belly train at 117k, but with my setup in the neighborhood of 105k