Heading out into Expediting the 13th. Any advice?

[x06col]

Heading into the wild blue yonder the 13th. Any bits of wisdom for a single driver with a quad axle, 30 foot straight truck. Where to go/not to. etc?

 

[dieseldiva]

Heading into the wild blue yonder the 13th. Any bits of wisdom for a single driver with a quad axle, 30 foot straight truck. Where to go/not to. etc?

You're asking folks to tell you where to go??

 

[x06col]

Yepper! Take all the advice I can get.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Yepper! Take all the advice I can get.

Get a real job...slacker...

 

[greg334]

OVM, that's not like you... Maybe impart some great van knowledge for the poor sole who is lost without a clue ... like not to take the parkways in NYC or beware of the drivethough at McDonalds.

 

[OntarioVanMan]

OVM, that's not like you... Maybe impart some great van knowledge for the poor sole who is lost without a clue ... like not to take the parkways in NYC or beware of the drivethough at McDonalds.

great advice? yeah right...best advice is he should stay in the Keys....

 

[dieseldiva]

great advice? yeah right...best advice is he should stay in the Keys....

Boy it kills me to say this but I agree with Ken....

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Boy it kills me to say this but I agree with Ken....

That musta hurt...*L*

 

[TJ959]

Head strait to Michigan. Any other state will be real skeptical about all those axles. Why do you think we have such crummy roads? Oh, and at least 20' of that 30' should be a sleeper with a sauna and a hot tub.

 

[nightcreacher]

Col.what did you do ,buy a dump bucket?I just can't see why anyone other than someone doing onstruction work would need a 4 axle straight truck

 

[Dakota]

Col.what did you do ,buy a dump bucket?I just can't see why anyone other than someone doing onstruction work would need a 4 axle straight truck

You need the extra axles for the hot tub

 

[x06col]

Col.what did you do ,buy a dump bucket?I just can't see why anyone other than someone doing onstruction work would need a 4 axle straight truck

Nah! No dumpers for me. With 18 spots on the floor and with some dense freight it can weigh up a bit. The extra two doughnuts up front allow me to carry up to 35,000 without getting involved with heavy use tax, CDLA, or having to drive one of them things that hinge in the middle and are way too long.

 

[NightDriver]

or having to drive one of them things that hinge in the middle and are way too long.

LOL!!!! Too funny.

 

[ATeam]

Nah! No dumpers for me. With 18 spots on the floor and with some dense freight it can weigh up a bit. The extra two doughnuts up front allow me to carry up to 35,000 without getting involved with heavy use tax, CDLA, or having to drive one of them things that hinge in the middle and are way too long.

Have you a photo to share? Dakata's hot tub comment got me to thinking.

 

[nightcreacher]

believe the heavy tax is based on gross weight.your quad axle straight truck and 35000 lbs of freight going put you over the 55000 weight limit ,your still going pay heavy tax

 

[x06col]

believe the heavy tax is based on gross weight.your quad axle straight truck and 35000 lbs of freight going put you over the 55000 weight limit ,your still going pay heavy tax

Believe I typed "allows me to", I like to stop at 54,000lbs.

 

[Crazynuff]

Believe I typed "allows me to", I like to stop at 54,000lbs.

But what is your GVWR ? They don't determine the tax on what weight you chose to stop at .

 

[skyraider]

U just gonna go knock on doors somewhere and say give me freight or do u have ur own authority to find loads??

 

[Moot]

Heading into the wild blue yonder the 13th.

Who's going to drive the Mootrol™ tanker to Detroit this year for Devil's Night?

 

[LDB]

Advice? If broken down in the winter don't melt yellow snow to get drinking water.