Browsing over the up coming farm auctions out my way.....I notice a lot of the tandem axle grain trucks have tag axles..some have lifts..some have brakes ( on the tag axle.), seems like some have neither.??? Any pros/cons about buying a truck with tag axle over full tandem.? Bearing in mind this is not off road truck, but for solid gravel roads and/or highways, for hauling irrigation water to remote sites. I realize there is the maintenance issues...but I am speaking of operational ones.. Any thoughts.
Tandem Trucks..Full Tandem vs Tag Axle ??
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Find yourself a Ford L-9000 tandem with a 222wb with L-10 or 400 Cummins power with a 13spd. I wouldn't be fooling around with a truck with a tag axle. A good tandem with 16,000lb front axle or 18,000lb front axle with 44,000lb rears will give you a gross weight of 26,100kgs.
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What most contractors here do is have a tank that slips in the back of a tandem axle dump holds about 2500 imperial gallons of water. That is 25,000lbs of weight.
I drove a rolloff truck few years ago with a 3000 gallon tank on it talk about scarey you have 15 tons of water sloshing around in a non baffled tank. I told the guy I'am not driving this truck with a water can again.
start2finish is right about the dead axle I seen it happen with transit busses that have a tag behind the drive axle. The load gets taken onto the tag on uneven ground the drive spins in the air.
I drove a rolloff truck few years ago with a 3000 gallon tank on it talk about scarey you have 15 tons of water sloshing around in a non baffled tank. I told the guy I'am not driving this truck with a water can again.
start2finish is right about the dead axle I seen it happen with transit busses that have a tag behind the drive axle. The load gets taken onto the tag on uneven ground the drive spins in the air.
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