OK, I know some of you run some pretty heavy horses out there so my question is what is the cargo weight an O/O is expected to be able to carry?
I ask because I have a great running, reliable horse (no downtime in the year I've run him!) but the small carrier I'm leased to just lost their biggest contract and I'm hoping to figure out a way to not have to send such a great horse to the glue factory.
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He has two major issues - he's 13 years old and only four footed (single 23k drive axle). Lots of carriers will not lease on a middle aged horse like this and with a 13k trailer he's limited to 41K up here in the Northeast (39K nationally). I'm willing to buy a new, lighter trailer and with a spread axle 12K 53 footer I could do as much as 48K up here (46K nationally). My other option - which may be cheaper - is to add a 12k lift axle which will get me up to 46K up here (44K nationally).
Or, I could go grab a local company job for better $$$ and let them worry about the equipment.
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