[ThumperS25]

A couple things you can check is:
rear wheel alignment
fifth wheel alignment
put centramatic wheel balancers on all axles
grease your fittings more often (if your not already)
check your hub oil along with those on the trailer
check the airpreasure on the container make sure they are properly inflated, invest in one of those nefty glad hand tire pumps (I dont know what they are called)

I also read your november post so it might just be your inexperiance running down grades. I live here in TN and MT eagle is a breeze. Good luck!

[GMAN]

If you have been watching your air pressure, I would have the alignment checked. You should not wear out a set of drive tires in 6 months.

[henboy1]

I fixed my self leveling system which was too low at the($17 kit) airbags and that could have ate up the tires.I will also check into an alighnment.
Besides that, I just want to get out of hauling this crap.The guys at the container yards give you a box # and tell you to go fetch among hundreds of piles of boxes.I sometimes get to the rail yard and the damn broker has not billed the box.I end up waiting at the CSX/Norfolk Southern Rail yard for billing to go through and if not I have to return the box back to my company's yard until the the next day.Am I getting paid for this extra work?Nope!
I really want to make a move in February.
I plan on checking out Caroll Fullmer and Sunco's local division.

[vontrial]

Hey Henboy where are you located and who do you pull for. I myself pull containers out of Memphis,Tn and will be changing after the New Year. The name CSX and Norfolk just made my nerves bad. LOL

[roadranger]

Originally Posted by henboy1

I am always grossing 70k-80kibs on a truck that is rated at 34k ibs in the rear axle..

What's unusual about that? We do it all the time. Are you saying your tandem drives aren't rated for 40k or 46k like a normal tractor? My latest tractor has a 23k single drive which is also rated to pull 105k 8) . Never heard of a 34k axle on a normal tractor.

Originally Posted by henboy1

You will also experience your brake chambers going out when you run down those grades on I-24 in TN. Running down those grades without jakes is scary...

You're gonna die if you keep getting your brakes to fade :shock: . You should NEVER get to that point - even if you have to slow down to 10 MPH to prevent it! Why don't you have a Jake? Sounds like you run roads where you really need one!

Originally Posted by henboy1

I realised aan empty container+truck weighs at least 37,000ibs and this is much more than a regular truck and trailer..

Many big sleepers plus an empty 53 foot van are near that.

Originally Posted by henboy1

Even the 20ft containers seem much heavier than the 40 or 53 footers because all the weight rests on your rear axle and the weight is never even.

Never saw a 20 foot chassis that put more weight on the drives than on the chassis's tandems? Usually they are way tail heavy unless you pull out the tandems to the rear (most 20 foot chassis let you do that I think?) I'm picking up a 20' can tomorrow that has 40K lbs in it and I've only got a single drive axle - a bit over weight in the state I'm picking it up in but I'll be legal in the next state where it delivers 8) . I've seen folks eat drives when they hammer down in low range - I always take it a bit easy on the throttle until I'm in high range. Also if you don't balance the weight out by extending the chassis tandems back you will have so little weight on the drives that they may spin under power or lock up when braking hard? High HP (over 450) engine is bad on drives also...

[henboy1]

I went there and met another O/O who said good things about the company.Their recruiter tells me they have a container division which runs to Quality in Jacksonville ,FL daily from any local outfit.
I ran the miles on my MS streets and trips and it comes out to 320 miles one way from atlanta.Their pay for the run is between $650-750 which includes FSC.Remember that you will dead head back.
I am used to getting at least $650 settlement on a 250mile trip which is actually 500 miles round trip.They also mentioned coming home daily.In talking to the O/O in their yard, I realised an O/O could probably do 3 loads a day and 4 would be pushing it.It is also obvious that the O/O will head back the next day after droping off the load.If I do 3 loads a week my average settlement should be $2000 for driving 1920 miles.
This is quite shitty and I might just tear up their application in my hands.