Heil Harvesting, Ulysses KS/Limon CO | Hereford--
No clue on Illinois but we do use trucks and pups. Very handy. Drop the pup to go to the bin. Go to town pull the pups. Seems to work good for us. The only thing that I would really like to have a semi for is backing. Pulling the trailer, you need to be on your toes. They pull good. Very good. Follow nicely, but you cannot back up. Easily.
Other problem is expense. It takes about 20 to rig a tandem these days. That is after you own the chassis. And assuming no frame work. A thousand for hitch and air to the rear and cab controls and electric.. That 20 is an aluminum Farris and a harsh hoist. So it is easy to drop more than 50 on one. Then a pup is from 8-15K depending on how picky and how lucky you are. I can own 2 very good semis for 70k...
We ahve been going round and round about what our next truck will be... |
Straight truck and pup trailer
