Best truck for 65K+ loads

Oh good, I'll move up there and keep adding axles until shipper fails to pay the moola. I bet it's finished lumber. Those axles are cheap. Add them until you cannot load the decks anymore.

 

A lot of KW T800s will be spec for your use. Get a 15L forget about a 13L Paccar.
14k front axle that have tires to match.
If the truck weighs less then 19500 20000 lbs you're probably looking at the wrong truck.

 

Those are mostly divisible loads. You will need a four axle tractor and trailer to scale that. Your combo will need to be 38,500 or less because even with the 8 axles you can only bridge 103,500.

A 24k tractor with a 13k trailer would put you at 37k.

 

You won't be able to pull a 65K pound load on a 5-axle setup anywhere in the US. Hell, you can't even do it in Canada (max for 5 axle in Canada is 88,000).

Most Canadian trucks that do around 100,000 lbs gross (or 60-65K lbs loads) run 475 hp/1650 ft.lb motors. Super-B (137,000-140,000 lbs gross) you will want 550 hp/1850 ft.lb.

Running mountains in the US with a 100,000 lbs truck would probably do well at 475. Anything more than that will hurt your fuel economy and most grades won't be much of a challenge for her. The extra money might not be worth it in the long run if the equipment is going to set you back that much more up front.

 

I know a guy with a 3 axle step that'she only 1 year old and he's looking to sell it. Seems like lots of experienced drivers are leaving that segment in droves.

 

You can in TN if it's a non-divisible load. You can permit to gross 112,000 lb on 5 axles (46K per tandem and 20k front).

 

Generally we refer to that as a "maxi" configuration. Three axles and a tag on both truck and trailer.

 

Why bother with those 65k loads? You know the guys that have 13 axles get paid $10/mile right?

P.S.
I am still hauling groceries, I am not smart enough to buy a 13 axle setup.

 

Highest I've ever been paid is $20,000 a mile, grossing right at 200 tons. You should have seen my expenses though, we had to pay $4,000 per bridge to get a engineer letter that said the bridge we crossed would hold up. The whole move was 4 miles and took 2 days.