Condo truck vs midroof

A condo. will cost you some $ pulling a low load, a condo. will save you a lot of fuel when you are pulling a hi. 13.6 tail flatbed load?

 

Sounds about right, pending the load, if your majority of load are fairly low, maybe stay with a mid roof, and visa versa

 

If you have stacks like I do on my mid roof you still have the same situation.

 

With Flatbed I'm of the opinion it doesnt really matter one way or the other. Unless your doing specific loads, either has its pro's and con's.

I have a Columbia Condo roof. And while its nice and roomy in here. Lots of storage. How ever its a bugger in the summer to keep it cool in here. For that reason alone I dont think I will ever buy another Condo. The condo roof is like a giant solar panel baking everything inside. I had the chance to run a midroof for a couple weeks last summer and it was much easier to keep cool.

The one advantage to a Condo is,.. I know the top of my stacks are 13'5. Easy to judge the height of my loads just by gauging it against my roof.

Hurst

 

Having run flat tops, mid roofs and raised roof (condo) trucks. They really have no differences as to going down the road. Load height seems to have little or no effect on MPG, maybe a .01 or .02 at best.

The big difference is loading places. some steel mills and a few lumber mills, your just not getting a high rise roof into, it really depends on the place. one steel mill I used to go to even mid roofs had very tight clearance to the overhead.

 

I have been running my flatbed with a condo for the past four year. I really haven't encountered too many problems with it other than low hanging tree branches every now and then. Mine is a Volvo 780 and I enjoy my extra storage space. I sleep on the top bunk, and use the table as my work space and living room.

With that said, I would seriously consider buying a mid roof if I were to need to buy another truck. But my condo is roomy and I enjoy the comfort it provides.