Midroof vs Condo

I pulled wide open food grade tanks for 3 years, had both mids and condos. No difference noticed. Only the weight of my foot mattered...

 

The only thing you might get away with if your a skateboard. You would be able to get under a 12 foot bridge.

Yet to me I prefer a condo. If you have family or a friend that your not into sleeping with, where are they going to bunk on a mid roof? The floor?

 

I drive a raised roof, and get poor mpg...but i think my charge air cooler is leaking. I wouldn't think its more then 1 or 2 tenths mpg, and a raised roof is just more livable. That being said, I used to drive a midroof as a company driver and it was nice sneakign under 12 foot stuff.

 

Surprised by the answers . Figured that the wind resistance difference between a mid roof and a condo would be huge .

 

lovesthedrive and Richter have great points. Lower clearance never hurts.

 

I have had a few reasons for always wanting a mid roof. First, I am not Shaq, so I don't need the height. A mid roof gives me plenty of room. Not running a second bunk, so why the height? Next up is heating and cooling. I have found that it is far easier to heat a mid roof interior in the winter, and cool in the summer. Third, when it does come time to sell the tractor, the market is a lot bigger for those wanting to buy it. Midroofs or flat roofs are virtually mandated for grain haulers and such. And since I live in the midwest, being able to sell a tractor quickly is a better possibility by having a mid roof.

For aerodynamics, just slap a OEM air dam up top if one is pulling boxes. It can always be taken off at a later time for different needs. Kinda hard to chop off the top of a condo.

Each person has different ideas, wants, or needs. I guess there is no one size fits all solution. Determine what you want, what you need for what you are doing, and maybe consider the back end when it comes time to sell.

 

My mid roof XT had more storage than my condo prior to it. Top bunk in the condo was replaced by full wrap around cabinets in the mid roof XT.
no point at all in running a condo sleeper when pulling open equipment.

Martin

 

I've always had a condo and had a few midroof loaners over the years. I was quite impressed with a midroof and it's added storage. Unless you are teaming a condo is dead space. Height and weight are added bonuses.