Why? Just... Why???

I did irregular route LTL dairy loads with multiple drops in NJ and NY for a month back in 2016 helping a friend out. I used my KW with 280” WB and pulled a 53ft reefer. I never couldn’t get into a place but hauling cattle with 280” WB pulling a 52ft spread was pretty good practice in tight areas.

I know it can seem foreign to someone who drives a short truck but believe it or not you can actually adapt to a longer truck and you learn how to set yourself up for tight corners or tight backing situations. Of the 3 trucks I’ve owned this 579 is the shortest at 265”. My other 2 were both 280”.

 

I want this!! Ain’t to much ain’t to little..



pertty ain’t she??

 

Ran with a driver with a 300 inch flatbed, doing a few O/S out of The loop in Chicago , he made it look easy. 1 of the riggers asked me how old his truck was. He thought it was old because it had wood floors.

 

This is outside of Elk Falls KS. Plenty of long trucks have to get in here to load calves every spring. Anywhere a short truck goes someone has been in there with a long truck.

 

Yeah but at the end of the day where do you live at ?
A trailer house ?

 

Live in a trailer house because of a $79k truck?

 

Roads like these are the ones that make me want to do that!! Makes me feel like I’m a kid again running all the old dirt roads! I got to do it a good bit when I worked at a crane company but not near as much as y’all get to. Something fun about getting off the beaten path.

 

Yes that was the question

 

What's the problem with that? Whats the point in owning a 400k dollar house you're never in?

 

If buying a $79k truck that ain’t stuck in a shop all day hooked to a laptop while some tech throws parts at it would cause me to live in a trailer I think I’d have given up trucking a loooong time ago. And most everything on that $79k truck I can work on in my driveway with a little help from my friends.