To the guys with the giant condos....

Maybe morbid curiosity. Or daydreaming. Or just being bored on a Saturday.....

Generally asking...how do you do it?

I've seen condos pulling pretty much all types of trailers. But in looking into the trucks, they weigh anywhere from 23,000 to nearly 30,000 before ever hooking a wagon. The weight of a particular load is dramatically affected by the empty truck and trailer weight. So again, how do you do it? Is a split axle 48' reefer the best bet? I see a lot of bed buggers running big sleepers, but that work is not for me.

Another ponder...if you are not on a dedicated account, or need to tap into the spot market to make it to a better load, what can be done to try and prevent booking a load from a customer that's in an area where a big condo has no business being in? I've always been under the impression that brokers will not give physical addresses of their customers, only the cities they are in until you book the load. So things like doing a little recon work via Google Satellite or making some phone calls isn't an option. How do you book a load with the confidence you can get in and out? A 300"+ wheelbase plus the trailer you're dragging seems like it would be more of a pain in the arse than it's worth...but yet there are used units with mileages that would average out to 150,000/year. So it's not like they are always sitting. They are rolling like everyone else.

I highly doubt I will ever buy one. I can see a bunch of upsides, but also a helluva lot of downsides. I'm just genuinely interested in how practical or impractical owning and running one can be. It would make a great option if my wife were to ever yeet me out of the house hahaha