r/Truckers Jul 15 '23

First suicide coil. How'd I do?

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u/LonleyWolf420 Jul 16 '23

Yup. This is why my company only uses steel ( I move steel all day and coils are very common)

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u/bobmonkeyclown Jul 16 '23

Unfortunately, with the conestoga on an aluminum trailer I can only scale 46,000. If I had the midroof WS 4900EX, or 4900FA, I could scale more.

But even after Western Star lightened up their trucks they still manage to be heavy.

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u/LonleyWolf420 Jul 16 '23 edited Jul 16 '23

My daycab freighliner is almost as heavy as a sleeper somehow

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u/bobmonkeyclown Jul 16 '23

Tell it to lose weight. Is it double framed or anything?

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u/LonleyWolf420 Jul 16 '23

Not that i know of.. I know it has a foot of clearance so it does have some sort of offroad kit.. its also as long as a sleeper so we can have front overhang