Where is everyone #5

Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by DDlighttruck, Aug 27, 2017.

  1. Slowpoke KW

    Slowpoke KW Road Train Member

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    I’ve would be cool seeing ya workin a setup like that.
     
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  3. beastr123

    beastr123 Road Train Member

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    Vegemite?
     
  4. Ruthless

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    I see it like it’s possible, but offers no advantages for what I do. It’d be fine for a lot of what I do, certainly make some aspects a pain in the ###; but be no good for plenty of things and I’d expect have a poorer resale when it comes to it. Especially in this area of the country.
    I keep thinking like, if I get to a customer to load and can get it all on the truck, I’ll leave the wagon at the yard. But it’s not really cheaper to run a ten wheeler overall than it is a tractor trailer setup in my experience. What is saved on maintenance (of the trailer, which wouldn’t really be a savings on a setup like that one) and tolls and fuel, is mostly negated by insurance cost, which is notably higher for straight trucks, least when I had one, and scheduling.
    You can drop a trailer at a shipper, you are either parking a truck at a shipper or live loading,
    Additionally, from my understanding, you can use a pin setup on a air can to pin the wheel on a trailer like that for backing (using it like a long spread axle) except you aren’t sposed to do it loaded with 24k on the deck. So that rules out a bunch of places I end up backing into or out of now because there’s no room to turn around.

    I can’t justify spending money on something that would be harder to load, operate, and keep busy; when I could spend that money on something that would make me more money in and of itself.
     
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  5. Slowpoke KW

    Slowpoke KW Road Train Member

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    I hear ya
    The only folks I’ve seen using that setup is hay haulers out west
     
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  6. PoleCrusher

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    I'd be on my way if I could. Of course you'd have to give instructions step by step.
     
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  7. PoleCrusher

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    Sittin bored here waiting. Figured I'd go ahead and get my DPF filter cleaned and overhead run since we're down anyways. Took a little walk and spotted this on the lot...

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  8. Ruthless

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    I always grill kielbasa: tonite is 20° and I ain’t standing out in the dark to get the charcoal grill going. Gonna try them broiled. See how they go.
     
  9. Ruthless

    Ruthless Road Train Member

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    welp, “we already ate” (a pound of rigatoni) turned around real fast.
     
  10. exhausted379

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    I know you did, but with the link, it's like you putting a glass of cold pee on the table and telling me it taste just like Old Milwaukee. I would probably take a sip just so I could agree with you.
     
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  11. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Did you say “hello”?
     
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