Truck Driving Jobs

allan5oh · #1 11-25-2008, 09:48 PM

48 foot flat/step with NON-spread tandem. Front axle slide is ok. This pretty much eliminates 95% of trailers out there, since they're all spread.

Company I'm looking to go on with, wants 33,000 tare weight. Truck weighing 21,200 full of fuel, but no gear. I'm estimating it will be 23,000 full of gear. So that leaves 10,000 lbs for the trailer.

All the combos I've looked at would put me over 33,000 lbs. All aluminum trailers up here are not very common. However there is ONE for sale locally, a 06 manac 48 highboy for $36k (canadian). This one has a fixed axle. Dealer said this one would weigh around 9600 lbs.

There's also a few lodekings for sale locally, one is an 04 highboy fixed axle pretty nice shape combo for 19.9k.

New I can get lodekings for 28k or so.

Seems as though my options are pretty limited. I would want to go with a step probably, but that doesn't seem like an option.

BanditsCousin · #2 11-26-2008, 04:21 AM

I forget what kind of truck you have, but seems kinda heavy. Although my 06 T600 is 21,400 full of fuel, gear, chains, apu, subwoofers, etc.

I hear Great Dane makes a light van.

Chiefwhatdahey · #3 11-26-2008, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by BanditsCousin

I forget what kind of truck you have, but seems kinda heavy. Although my 06 T600 is 21,400 full of fuel, gear, chains, apu, subwoofers, etc.

I hear Great Dane makes a light van.

Their flat/steps are lead sleds

BigDiesel · #4 11-26-2008, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by BanditsCousin

I hear Great Dane makes a light van.

:hellno:

Great Dane's are tanks....

For a light weight van, Utility 4000DX is really light.

GMAN · #5 11-26-2008, 12:11 PM

A friend of mine has an East flat bed. It weighs less than 10,000, as I recall. He got a very good deal on it due to a trucking company ordering several of them and not taking them.