I can barely gross 45,000 :?

I think the most I would dare go with now in my truck that I'm in now is about 48,000! But we're never loaded with more than 46,000. You know how it is :lol:

New update coming over on my thread in a few :wink:...

I can't even do that :shock:

Dang I had a 88 KW 60 inch flat top that I could put 49K in a 53 foot van 52 in a tanker and that one crazy load was 54K in that 40foot 12ft high van that was nice taking that one into downtown Philly. Of course she had an Alloy frame anything and everything that could be alloy was and also had an L10 but she got the job done. Gave her up for a 88 International that would haul it and then some but lost 3K in cargo capaicity.

thats because you drive a tank 8)

Every chemical tanker load I have is at least 40,000 pounds and many are as much as 45,000. On only one occassion did I have 48,000 but it scaled OK on my International 9200i. The dispatcher told me that in future I should refuse anything over 45,000 as that is the max per load per company policy.

I can haul 47,000 with a Pete 379 and a 6500 gallon tank

Cyanide said something about low clearances. Do condos pull tankers? Wonder how much mpg it would toss away as opposed to a midroof.

How about autoshift, know of any problems with the heavy loads, mountains and surging?

There are a few guys with condos/roof fairings,my stacks are 12'6" and I have hit them on the loading racks before,if you have a tall fairing you might have a problem at some shippers,but most of the time you can just back up under the rack instead of pulling thru.

I haven't talked to anyone running an autoshift yet so can't help with that.

Mike, help me get through all this. Or, at least comment on anything that looks significant to you:

Downside
- somebody else dispatching you, never know where you are going next, you go places you prefer not to go
- heavy freight, mountains
- you pay the PA pike, NY thru way, etc
- need to lay out about $3k up front
- may not be able to just dodge the hazardous winter driving (as in stay South or stay at the house)
- two weeks of downtime to change companies

Upside
- somebody else dispatching, saves you all that time
- high rates and all the work that's legal
- nice terminals?
- it's a sports car compared to a dry box
- shippers and receivers who treat you well and pay you for waiting
- add, hometime would be a lot compared to what I'm used to and currently need (if I meet some fine chicky like Pepe has I may need a little more :D
- high rates and all the work that's legal
- high rates and all the work that's legal
- high rates and all the work that's legal (it just needs to be said more than once)


- any real choice in the loads you take?
- What happens if you just decide you want two weeks off? Are you treated like a company driver or an O/O when it comes to your preferences for how much you work?
- So what would I do? Show up for orientation and get everything ready to go and just call Landstar and tell them to close me out? I'm not too familiar with the process especially since I have their plates and permits. Somewhere in here I've got to get these jakes fixed so I can get down off the mountains. Maybe I could go down to Cummins in Bristol, PA and see if they could do it.

Be