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I agree on the visor but it is nice to see a company treat an employee like that though.
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I've never been treated that good as a driver... for sure!
I agree on the visor but it is nice to see a company treat an employee like that though.
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U aint kiddin. But a 20yr employee... What he likes
Stopped by and saw my old truck today in person... I'm impressed.
Idk. Visor not a whole lot different .........lol.
Westerns are pretty light and have steel frames, might make it easier for the conversion. Have you talked to any of the manufacturers about just building what you want?Trailer ? And corisponding heckling that will most likely ensue...
Boss tried to savalage a 48' SD it cracked between the spreads.. it's now a 10+30, what would be draw backs of getting a used 48' SD. Cut the neck off removing 8-9' then putting the neck back on.. and swapping axles for tandem 12k/15k with EoH brakes.
As setup in the picture probably be able to gross 32-34k 20k axle plus 12-14k pin weight.. the negative with trailer in the picture.. I could easily over load any single axle setup.. say a long 20k load would do that..
Ideally I'd use a 48' aluminum SD Trailer as a starting point. They are usually 8-9k tare for a 48'
down side I think they are one piece main beams on fountaine, Macs, east, Benson.. which pose a problem for removing the neck shortening the lower deck and lower the upper deck..
Pros whole unit would be 9-10' shorter than dragging a 40' GN aka manuverabilty.
alot more flexibility on load placement
Substantually stronger than any current GN on the market
Cons
Whole conversion,
Screwing up the whole neck area..
Westerns are pretty light and have steel frames, might make it easier for the conversion. Have you talked to any of the manufacturers about just building what you want?
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Trailer ? And corisponding heckling that will most likely ensue...
Boss tried to savalage a 48' SD it cracked between the spreads.. it's now a 10+30, what would be draw backs of getting a used 48' SD. Cut the neck off removing 8-9' then putting the neck back on.. and swapping axles for tandem 12k/15k with EoH brakes.
As setup in the picture probably be able to gross 32-34k 20k axle plus 12-14k pin weight.. the negative with trailer in the picture.. I could easily over load any single axle setup.. say a long 20k load would do that..
Ideally I'd use a 48' aluminum SD Trailer as a starting point. They are usually 8-9k tare for a 48'
down side I think they are one piece main beams on fountaine, Macs, east, Benson.. which pose a problem for removing the neck shortening the lower deck and lower the upper deck..
Pros whole unit would be 9-10' shorter than dragging a 40' GN aka manuverabilty.
alot more flexibility on load placement
Substantually stronger than any current GN on the market
Cons
Whole conversion,
Screwing up the whole neck area..
If the other axle is still available I'd throw it in front of that rear one. I think I understand your question on the neck?? Were you wanting to turn the front into a gooseneck, right?? Get a good on-board air unit and go electric/air or rig up an air hitch.
Why not just have it be air? I definitely wouldn't be using an electric air compressor
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So how does a truck that has no air brakes control service air brakes on a trailer?
I'm just saying I wouldn't trust my life to a China electric air compressor. Some sort of mechanical setup would be much more reliable. Realistically, your best bet is to just get the heaviest electric brake axles you can find or run everything on air, my vote would be for air.. Some sort of electric/juice/air hybrid is just going to be a nightmare.So how does a truck that has no air brakes control service air brakes on a trailer?
That's what I mean, Hung Fu Charlie air compressor gives up going down the highway and there's going to be lots of smoke and not a lot of control. Finding one that runs on 12v and has the cfm isn't going to be easy either.Nice thing about having spring brakes....
I lose air pressure I'm stopping....