What's with all the axles?

As a driver, probably not. Truck might gross more which I guess could translate to more pay if you were percentage instead of by the mile.

 

I pulled jet fuel for awhile and that paid by the gallon, at least for the company I was running for. So it behooved you to shove a such on as possible without being over gross. We had several different trailers and some had a slightly larger capacity and I saw two guys about come to blows over who was going to get the one with 750 gallons more capacity.

 

That’s a good point. I pulled a quad axle flatbed with an actual forklift in a well just behind the drop off the fifth wheel with a three axle tractor delivering water softener salt all over Michigan to stores and gas stations and was paid per stop/pallet. I was plated for 130,000 and there were days I’d throw a few “extra” skids on to make a bit more cash! Meant double stacking a few but I usually started around 0300 and made sure those double stacked skids were off before daybreak or before I crossed a known hidey hole for the creeper cops. Scales, you ask? Pffft! Never saw one for the two years I did that gig, just call me Jesse (James)

 

To add, I've noticed in the west there are more varieties of double-trailer combos....like Double bulk tanks, double flatbeds........Rocky mount doubles, so not only multiple axles, but different trailers themselves are pulled in weird setups.....

 

This is how ya log on the westsiiiiide!

 

The ones I think are really weird are the buckets or bottom dumps that have a straight truck tugging a trailer on what looks to be a 15-20’ toungue.

 

Kinda like these?

 

Like this;

 

Yep

 

We run pups like that out here. Quite common. That looks like a pivoting drawbar though. Drawbars on ours are ridged and actually part of the trailer frame I believe.