2023 W900L Specs - Advice?

Hey guys so after sitting with the KW rep and configuring a W900L, I'm at a cross roads with the tractor weight and having to spec it differently to be able to haul reefer with it. Long story short the spec is 285 WB, 86 inch sleeper, APU, 565 Cummins, 18 speed, 3.36 rears, 260 gallons total on fuel with 30 gallon def... spec sheet is showing 18,914 pounds soaking wet. Now we haul reefer from the PNW, and I will be hauling a 53 footer with it. I spoke to someone who spec'd the same with 300 WB but he pulls a show set up with a 48 spread reefer trailer from Cali, he says he is pretty heavy himself. It was likely to happen but I wanted to spec a dream truck before the 900L series died off, but this has also got to be a work truck and not cause TOO many issues with not having the ability to haul most reefer loads. I figured the APU giving me a 500 pound write off, and running 130 gallons of fuel vs 260 knocks off roughly ~1450 pounds off the tractor weight. So, ~17,500 pounds if I decided to run half the fuel, am I still too heavy you think or do you think I won't be causing myself too much trouble and there will still be enough loads to pull out there? We primarily run PNW down to TX and surrounding states and back. I also wanted to spec a truck that could help me buy myself out of trouble if I needed to jump ship with its resale value. What do you guys think? Bite the bullet and spec it down? Or I should be able to manage with its current spec? I'm getting various numbers on KW T680 and Cascadia weights online so I'm at a bit of a loss.

 

Ooo, that is a good question about the frame at 285. I’ll have to check in with my rep with that, that completely went over my head. I just went through my spec sheet. I can lose 500 pounds stepping down to a 72 inch sleeper.

 

It was primarily resale value, but I just combed over the spec sheet and will contact my rep with other configurations to see where I’m at with weight.

 

Ooo, okay. It does have 22.5’s on the spec sheet right now. I can possible lose 500 pounds by going down to a 72 inch sleeper, not sure on my weight loss if I drop down to a 280 WB. Someone I know with a 2021 W900L 300 WB is sitting at 11580 steers, and 16300 on his drives on a cat scale with a 48 reefer spread on the back.

 

How often will weight be an issue? I’m assuming now a lot just due to 90% of the trucks running reefer from PNW are short aero trucks.

 

I’ll check back in with my rep and see the weight loss if I go down to 280 WB, maybe drop down to 72 inch sleeper or take off the sleeper extenders on the 86 inch sleeper to help with clearance if I gotta make a tight U.