Your advice for a rolloff business truck?

Hevey spring will ride nicer than those solid state suspension things, but theres alot more to roll off than that. At least 400 horse, i had a 425 merc engine, handle bout anything. Cable or hook? Single axle, tandum, single with tag, tandum with tag(s). Wheel base for max weight, ifta for running deep in nebior states, county haul tags... do you have dumpsters? You dont have a cdl but your gonna start a business? I was very close to the owner of a roll off business plus my years doing it... i hope you have a plan, or at least alot of money

 

No im talking about the drop axle, that allows more weight to be carried, 22' so are you running 20's 30's and high boy 40's? I ran a sterling tandum with a full pup trailer, maxed out at around 11 tons load weight on the truck, a little more on the trailer, as long as i didnt go over 80,000 of cource...

 

We had a 10 ton max so in reality it was closer to 12, we did everything, we had 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 40, 40 closed top, 40 reciver (trash packer boxs) 30 closed top, 20 closed tops... figure a 10 yard full of concrete ruble comes in right around 11 tons, a 20 yad full of ashpelt shingles comes in around 6 to 7 tons, a 40 receiver packed full around 6 tons, a 40 yard full of ceder shakes around 5 or 6 tons... anyway the truck.... i like it, always been a kw fan, rack and pin auto tarps are nice, take care of it and it will be your best friend, concequently if you are pulling alot of option boxs (cable and hook setup) have someone put a renforced cut out for the A frame on hook boxs, you will tear up your tarp near the cab if not. I like cables, can do more, like self contained trash and the like. That truck has a solid stinger, so you have one less pistion to maintain but your aproch hight and angle are fixed. Not better or worse just different. Make sure to use your rear tiedowns, you are held to standerd securment requirments

 

It would depend on whats in it, getting 12 to 15 tons in a 30 is actualy hard. Nobody wants a 30 for ashphalt shingles, sides are to high, genral demo, say from a new house, in a 30 yard will only weigh around 5 tons

 

One last thing on that truck, i see it doesnt have butterfly wings, make sure you have a few 4' chains with one hook only. (Speed chain) and a 8' chain with hooks on both ends, keeps those pesky dumpster wheels from jacking up your fenders