What is the average cost of adding a lift axle?

Hey, we use tenths of feet in our work rather than inches, so @gentleroger response fits!

 

Back up far enough to get a good running start and screaming Derka Derka you hammer down!

 

Don't take those specs as gospel. Lots of variations within machine models at manufacturing (track shoe widths, blades, buckets, boom, stick etc) and often companies will add options or make alterations to machines that will change the weights and dimensions from the base machine too.

Case in point, my previous employer had a 336F excavator. Now this machine had welded catwalks on the sides, as well as demo screens and protection around the cab, multiple additional hydraulic circuits and a thumb. As a result this machine was now a few inches wider and probably 2,000 to 2,500 lbs heavier than the base machine. Throw a rock breaker or crusher jaws on the front instead of the standard bucket and there's another additional 3,000 to 4,000 lbs.

Would be advisable to confirm everything before getting on down the road and then find out you're over width/height/weight.

 

As soon as the top.of the cab hits - but at 40 mph it will take 75 feet to stop under normal conditions. Hence how he got so far.

 

@AFC , do u have any open deck experience at all? Or u jumping into all this completely green? Usually the general progression is flatbed to stepdeck to rgn .. with a couple years at each minimum... Who knows u may not even like doing os/ow work. It takes a different mentality . Theres less stressful ways to make a living in trucking... I bought a dd trailer when i went out on my own and it took probably a year to figure out what the freight lanes for it are ... And even then its hard to keep a specialized trailer like that loaded both directions, even with a 5 axle i was to heavy for regular freight. And cant compete with stepdecks that can bid something as a partial which would be a full load for me... ive made all the mistakes a guy could make and done it on my own dime ..but we all have to start somewhere

Theres more to it than just hooking to a wagon and thinking u will be able to make amy money at all..
If you already have the truck and trl it would be worth it to do some research and lease on to a company that supports rgn stretch freight. Rather than hope some desk jockey at a company with no experience in specialized work, will magically find something... That is no way to run a business

 

Ritchie specs are never correct. Especially for weight

 

Take especial heed of "ive made all the mistakes a guy could make and done it on my own dime ..but we all have to start somewhere".

There are reasons why the majority of the "road train" members are pooping on your parade - at one point they were on the unpleasant end of the sphincter and are trying to spare you the pain they went through.

Also, can you explain inner bridge law?