SidecarFlip wrote:
lets see, was grossing 165 thousand and change. No big deal. For years I ran down the road grossing 163 and change legally (and sometimes a bit more (not legally).
Biggest load I ever pulled was 240,000 pounds on the deck, 6 40K steel coils, all in a row.
All with Cats, Cummins don't come close to the pulling power.
Was on an 11 axle unit, 3 on the tractor, 8 on the trailer. 4 lift axles for turning, 2 in the front and 2 in the back. Always a 3406 with either a 13 speed or an 18 speed Roadranger.
Thats everyday up here in Michigan, parts of Ohio and Indiana.
RobertRyan wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:
lets see, was grossing 165 thousand and change. No big deal. For years I ran down the road grossing 163 and change legally (and sometimes a bit more (not legally).
Biggest load I ever pulled was 240,000 pounds on the deck, 6 40K steel coils, all in a row.
All with Cats, Cummins don't come close to the pulling power.
Was on an 11 axle unit, 3 on the tractor, 8 on the trailer. 4 lift axles for turning, 2 in the front and 2 in the back. Always a 3406 with either a 13 speed or an 18 speed Roadranger.
Thats everyday up here in Michigan, parts of Ohio and Indiana.
Latest European Volvo has a 350ton capacity straight from the factory
SidecarFlip wrote:towpro wrote:
must have had a Cummins in it.
Probably a Cat of the 3406 variety. Might have had a Cummins for a starter motor....:S
SidecarFlip wrote:RobertRyan wrote:SidecarFlip wrote:
lets see, was grossing 165 thousand and change. No big deal. For years I ran down the road grossing 163 and change legally (and sometimes a bit more (not legally).
Biggest load I ever pulled was 240,000 pounds on the deck, 6 40K steel coils, all in a row.
All with Cats, Cummins don't come close to the pulling power.
Was on an 11 axle unit, 3 on the tractor, 8 on the trailer. 4 lift axles for turning, 2 in the front and 2 in the back. Always a 3406 with either a 13 speed or an 18 speed Roadranger.
Thats everyday up here in Michigan, parts of Ohio and Indiana.
Latest European Volvo has a 350ton capacity straight from the factory
Too bad Volvo's are butt ugly. I'm a Western Star convention person, aka: hood. Vo-Mack is also difficult to work on.
Z-Peller wrote:
Only a Cat 3406???....buddy back in the 80's had a Freightliner cabover with a "Cat 3408/ 18 speed RoadRanger" in it pulling 140'000lbs A-train beer wagons thru BC mountains. If that thing stopped on a hill tires would chirp & bounce and start folding up asphalt getting going again.
wq93 wrote:
Maybe the driver would be happier in the Australian outback running a road train:
Australian road train
SidecarFlip wrote:
Biggest load I ever pulled was 240,000 pounds on the deck, 6 40K steel coils, all in a row.
