Spec'ing a Transcraft 53' step ... Boy, this thing is heavy!

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I would get rid of it tracer. I have a 770(full height volvo) and it really does play funny in the wind. Worse then with a dry van.

Thanks for the comment about the fairing. I wasn't sure what to do with it until now. I've put an ad on kijiju.com to see if anyone will buy it.

Congrats on beating "dry van disease". There is hope after all.

I talked to a couple of guys here and they think I'm crazy buying a trailer - a normal reaction from people with no imagination and fear of change. By the time the trailer arrives (mid to end of July), I'm sure flatbed/stepdeck situation will further improve. Construction is now everywhere. I'm going to shoot a short movie, something like "From Dry Van to Stepdeck"; Day 1, Day 2 and so on and will post it on youtube sometime in July.

Talked to our Fleet Manager about getting a load into US at that time, so that I can pick up my trailer at the Wilson plant in Moberly, MO (north of i-70 between St. Louis and Kansas City). The boss said, "You'll probably have to bobtail!" I thought I'd deliver their load in a dry van trailer, then drop the trailer somewhere and go pick up my step. Distance from Guelph, ON to Moberly, MO and back by the way is 1,666 miles, or around 500 bucks worth of diesel at 7 MPG. Which is still not bad, because the dealer will cut me a check for US$1,500 when I "deliver" the trailer to Guelph. It'll be an interesting trip

The dealer suggested I take a FLATBED trailer from MacKinnon, deliver a FLATBED load into U.S. and then load my stepdeck on TOP of the flatbed and bring it to home. He said the Wilson plant will load the trailer for free and this way I'd be paid at least for 1/2 of the trip.