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Thought this might be interesting.
I drive this combo around during the week. It's a 19 F550, crew cab, 12' enclosed service bed. It's nice to have room, but is awkwardly long more often than not. It's also, imo, unnecessarily heavy (38k lbs) for what it is. I often think of what would be a better set up while driving to different places. Lot of guys are doing similar work with a 1 ton pick up and a regular equipment trailer.
I would have never picked a crew cab and 12' bed. I rarely have more than one other guy with me, and if I do, it's just 1 more. I also don't think the box needs to be 12' for what I carry. I think I would be fine with a 9' box.
Then there is the trailer, it's too long, ridiculously heavy(near 10k lbs with no machine) and is a power tilt which is slow, and has killed the battery a few times. I also don't like how there is so much of the needed tools on the trailer, as I sometimes don't have it or have to drop it at the top of a driveway. This may be able to change since we are getting a new 3 axle gravity tilt low deck trailer.
Don't get me wrong, it's a very nice truck and has about everything you would ever need. It's the first truck I've worked around with a covered bed, and it looks goofy, but can be kinda nice, especially in rain and snow.
My thought was that if it's already a class A setup, why not just go with an actual MDT like an F750 or similar?
My buddy uses a roll off hook truck doing similar work and I've wondered if that set up would work better. Be able to haul the ex on the back, have the basic tools on the truck like a shovel, ect. Or haul roll of bins, or any type of box, tank, ect that goes along with a roll off. Then have the ability to pull a job trailer for specific jobs where you need more supplies, fittings ect. You also then have the ability to haul a ~20T equipment trailer also.
So hypothetically, you have to haul around a ~12k lb ex to do a wide variety of work, what do you set up for your perfect truck/trailer combo?
I drive this combo around during the week. It's a 19 F550, crew cab, 12' enclosed service bed. It's nice to have room, but is awkwardly long more often than not. It's also, imo, unnecessarily heavy (38k lbs) for what it is. I often think of what would be a better set up while driving to different places. Lot of guys are doing similar work with a 1 ton pick up and a regular equipment trailer.
I would have never picked a crew cab and 12' bed. I rarely have more than one other guy with me, and if I do, it's just 1 more. I also don't think the box needs to be 12' for what I carry. I think I would be fine with a 9' box.
Then there is the trailer, it's too long, ridiculously heavy(near 10k lbs with no machine) and is a power tilt which is slow, and has killed the battery a few times. I also don't like how there is so much of the needed tools on the trailer, as I sometimes don't have it or have to drop it at the top of a driveway. This may be able to change since we are getting a new 3 axle gravity tilt low deck trailer.
Don't get me wrong, it's a very nice truck and has about everything you would ever need. It's the first truck I've worked around with a covered bed, and it looks goofy, but can be kinda nice, especially in rain and snow.
My thought was that if it's already a class A setup, why not just go with an actual MDT like an F750 or similar?
My buddy uses a roll off hook truck doing similar work and I've wondered if that set up would work better. Be able to haul the ex on the back, have the basic tools on the truck like a shovel, ect. Or haul roll of bins, or any type of box, tank, ect that goes along with a roll off. Then have the ability to pull a job trailer for specific jobs where you need more supplies, fittings ect. You also then have the ability to haul a ~20T equipment trailer also.
So hypothetically, you have to haul around a ~12k lb ex to do a wide variety of work, what do you set up for your perfect truck/trailer combo?
