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  • Bigtanker

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    This thread will be for all thing big rigs. Trucks, trips, equipment, maintenance, road kill, etc. Anything and everything a trucker deals with.

    Here is my daily driver. 2018 KW 680. 550 horse X15 Cummins with an Eaton Ultra shift + 13 speed auto. 3:90 gears. 14,000 lb steer axle. The trailer is a 2017 Polar. 5 compartments totalling 13,400 gallon capacity. It's set up with 3 lift axles. Empty weight for the combo is 40,500 lbs.

    GVW is 129,000. I'm usually right around 126,000 lbs loaded. I stay mostly in Michigan but with a permit, I can run selected routes in Indiana. Mainly South Bend to Gary.




    We also run tri-axle trailers (100,000 lbs GVW). They are 11,500 gallons.




    We also run the standard tandem trailers.
     

    Bigtanker

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    For the time being, I'm in charge of repairs and maintenance on all of our equipment. I get a call yesterday. Our driver was in Kalamazoo with a tri-axle trailer. He was backing into position to deliver and noticed his rear wheel on the trailer looked funny. He checked it out and the axle hanger had broke the welds and had separated from the frame.

    Our repair shop chained the axle, removed the rear tire (super single), disconnected the airbags and we got it back the 60 miles to our terminal. The trailer is due for replacement this year. It's 15 years old and the spread axles really take a beating.

     

    HoughMade

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    ..as long as there is money, lonely truckers, and women looking to separate one from the other.

    They don't call it the "oldest profession" for nothing.

    Good looking equipment!
     

    cmann250

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    Land of 300bu corn
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    I’m a casual trucker. All ag commodities, in an aluminum end dump, hopper, or on a flatbed.

    Hats off to the guys and gals out there doing it for a living.


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