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Had this been 12 years ago I would have been glad to moved it out of there for you or had a buddy do it but I think every one I knew there is long gone now.
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I got mine stuck a couple months ago, not fun. I learned alot and if in the same situation would ba able to get it unstuck pretty easy.Recovry4x4 said:Even the M108 makes depressions in the yard where the cargos don't. Be warned, unsticking a 33,000# wrecker can be painful.
sounds like he might be trying to get some extra cash. I never thought that 5 k made much of a difference. (I could be wrong)rumplecat said:My truck driver call he has a problem with the 543! He said his truck was acting pretty sluggish with the wrecker so he ran by some friendly scales, he says the wrecker is topping the scales at 40,000 lbs. I told him no way but his reply was the weigh ticket was right there in his hand! How could a 543A2 be that heavy, I listed it at 34000 thinking that would be on the heavy side! I have pulled everything not bolted down off the wrecker and even the fluids are drained except 40 lbs of oil in the crank case???????? Any ideas?
James G.
DDoyle said:The manual says the net weight of the truck is 34,600 lbs. Fluids would add at the most another ton, the OVM probably a little less than that. The truck most assuradly was not turned in with all the OVM, which included a LOT of handtools.
I'd be real reluctant to be accusatory until the truck is in sight (too vulnerable to tampering)...but if he wants more money, then he'd need to reweigh while I watched - it is possible that the scales he used were out of calibration. OR, the wrecker is heavy, but short - leaving plenty of room for other freight to be loaded on the trailer.
My .02,
David Doyle
ah1955 said:Your trucker must have a single axle tractor if thats all he can scale. With a 5 axle tractor and trailer you could gross 80,000 lbs. and if he can't load and scale 40,000 lbs. you don't have a truck that you can make a living with.
Sounds like he's trying to get more money or he was never equpt. to do the job from the start. If you were given a mileage rate tell him to to just del. the load and the save the stories, if he is charging by to weight then find a public scale near you to have his truck weighted loaded then weight him out empty then settle up, if you bill of laden says shipper stated weight and he agreed by loading the load then thats what the charges shoud be based on.
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