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Old 07-19-2011, 01:19 PM
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I just got back from a road trip to Minnesota on Monday morning, I've never spent much time in Michigan before but my first though was; Oh Man it must take 3 hours to do a pre trip on the trucks and trailers here.:hellno:
 
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I take it you're talking about the 'caterpillar' (many, many axle) trucks.
 
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Yeah I'm talking about most of the trailers I saw in northern Michigan, really it looks like if they could find more room on the frame they'd put another axle there, seriously they must need an extra 100hp just to haul the weight of the extra axles.
 
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Anything not needed on a truck will fall off running on Michigan roads.
 
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Originally Posted by heavyhaulerss
Anything not needed on a truck will fall off running on Michigan roads.
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Originally Posted by Malaki86
I take it you're talking about the 'caterpillar' (many, many axle) trucks.
Most refer to them as a "centipede".
 
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Old 07-20-2011, 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by classictruckman
I just got back from a road trip to Minnesota on Monday morning, I've never spent much time in Michigan before but my first though was; Oh Man it must take 3 hours to do a pre trip on the trucks and trailers here.:hellno:

Hang on one danged blamed second here.


AREN'T you from Ontario.......the Province of??? Not some zipptydoda city n Kalifornia?

Take a look around. You see the same style trucks in ON.CA as ya do in MI.USA
 
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Old 07-20-2011, 10:39 AM
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Last year I was up in MI with 11 axles on the ground (2+3+2) hauling an excavator from FL and boy I felt tiny... So many axles everywhere!!
 
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Old 07-21-2011, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Orangetxguy
Hang on one danged blamed second here.


AREN'T you from Ontario.......the Province of??? Not some zipptydoda city n Kalifornia?

Take a look around. You see the same style trucks in ON.CA as ya do in MI.USA
Not anwhere near that bad here, first truck I saw after leaving Sault was a dumptruck with a pup, on the truck there was 1 steer 2 pushers 2 drives, then the trailer 2 on the dolly 3 on the trailer, And they were only like 15-18' boxes
 
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