Kenworth K100 weight?

You can always slide the 5th wheel back to take weight off the steer.

It's all dependent on the wheel base, the engine make and the fuel tank placement.

 

I have a cab over & I can usually load more than most cause my light weight is lighter. if you have a 12,000 front & 20,000 each rear, you can load as any other with same specs.

 

Hi Zach: I ran a Pete cabover (1984 vintage, as i remember) and always had to be careful on front axle weight. Obviously, you already know that, so redundant here.
If you do take the plunge, best wishes to you! It is not an easy business to be in. I applaude you on starting small with a "cheaper" truck. See some guys starting with a new truck and new truck payments. I dont believe they have any room for errors.
I dont mean to make this sound like complete doom and gloom, because it is not my intent. Just being honest. There is nothing else i would rather be doing. I enjoy trucking, for the most part. Even the "bad" days have some reward and certainly always educational.
Getting alittle long winded here, but... I hope you can work on your own truck and plan to do so. It will save you huge amounts of money. Many times break downs on the road can be cured, or at least "cobbed" on the side of the road. Enough for now... david

 

depends how old you want to go---should be able to find some fliners with series 60
the problem is most of them have been worn right out and scrapped
are you stuck on a cabover?--lots of older convs for sale--
but an old cabover running down the road does looksuper cool

 

Your taxing the ole memory bank Zachbiggrin_25521, but i believe it was a 362 model? It was a number of years ago...
Much younger and stupid(versus old and stupid now). It was a company truck and mileage didnt concern me....i dont recall any fantastic or poor mpg with it....It was a 400 Cummins with a 13 speed as i remember...

 

i have heard the old adage that coe were more aerodynamic---but still i finit hard to believe--mind you the only ones i drove were clapped out---but you sure didnt want to head into the wind with them

 

The difference between aero of a COE and a conventional (especially if you're comparing an 80s K100 against a 90s T6 for example) is not cut and dry. Europeans drive cab overs for length not aero reasons, but because they have to drive COEs they have made a number of improvements in aero for them. The old cab overs in the US were never designed to be efficient like modern aero trucks have been.

I would look to some of the other threads here and keep in an eye out for trucks that are inexpensive to get into, are reliable, and easy to repair and maintain (a T600 with a Series 60 probably wouldn't be a bad starting point)