New trailer delivery question

Been passed by delivery drivers on interstates countless times. I would bet they are going at least 75 mph and some close to 80. But I’m sure they all have LTs on them.

Atlee wrote:
I bet they are towed at higher than speed limit. They get paid for trailer delivered.

Couple of summers ago we ended up following a delivery guy somewhere in northeast CA towing a TT on a secondary road with lots of twists and turns. I never exceed 65 mph and he'd pull away on straight stretches and I'd catch him in the curves. They don't use a WDH to avoid damaging/marring an A-frame so he had to slow down in curves.) He was probably doing 75+ mph.

So when you buy a brand new TT (or FW), your tires are pre-used and pre-abused and for those on the west coast will be over 2,000 miles worth. I doubt they slow down for potholes and speed bumps. It's like the industry's dirty little secret...

Have seen 2 short TTs arrive at a dealer carried on a flatdeck.

There are dozens of transport companies in Elkhart County, Indiana. They hire drivers with their own trucks who transport trailers to their destination all over the U.S. I do see smaller trailers on flatbed trailers, 2-3 at a time. Motorized RV's are driven to their destination. I see husband/wife teams towing and driving rigs. One tows a toad so when they get to the delivery location, they can hop in the toad and return home. Elkhart Campground is often used as a staging area. Any day of the week you can see a dozen or so rigs sitting up front waiting to leave for their final destination. A former high school classmate of my DH's drives class A's across country to their destination. She's been doing that for years.

Dale

Thanks everyone for the replies

Jack l

NC is South of Indiana so a new trailer will be towed at greater speeds going that way. Everyone knows that going South is faster than travelling North. :B

I bet they are towed at higher than speed limit. They get paid for trailer delivered. And this may have been one of mostly non discussed reasons the barely adequate tires would blow so quickly after delivery. Remember the old ST tires were mostly all speed rated at 65 mph. I bet they were pulled at sustained distances at greater than 65 mph.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Hotshot driver..towing that new trailer as fast as posted speed limit (or bit higher)

Time is MONEY.


Dealer will take care of ANY issues :B

Hotshot driver..towing that new trailer as fast as posted speed limit (or bit higher)

Time is MONEY.


Dealer will take care of ANY issues :B

I would say the vast majority are towed by private hauling companies. Indiana is the RV manufacturing center and ships nation wide.

Smaller trailers are transported on a flatbed 2 or 3 at a time. Larger ones are towed individually by a towing service. Most RVs are made made in Elkhart IN. I live out side Louisville KY and see them heading south on I65 every day.