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Manitoba | Looking at buying a tri-drive grain truck w/ 24' box. This is not a tandem with a pusher axle but a true tri-drive. is there any pro's and cons to a tri-drive versus tandem other than the obvious extra capacity. I've been told air ride only so it doesn't get hung up on ridges. Is there anything else I should know. This is not a tandem that has been cut and extended but factory tri drive fwi. TIA |
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Central Kansas | They will not turn near as short as a tandem with the same size box. But they will go through more mud |
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Mather, Manitoba | they legal in manitoba yet? |
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Eastern Montana | Im just curious what brand builds a factory tri-drive? I have seen many in the red river valley for beet harvest trucks but all of them were built by various shops.
edit: now i see on the KW website its an option for tridem yet im curious how many are made each year as i have never seen a factory tridem yet have seen alot of shop built ones.
Edited by KJ-MT 4/7/2010 00:09
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Winkler, Manitoba Canada | They must be. Local potato farmers and Cargill have been running them for several years. Most if not all of the local ones are converted tandems. |
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Nusbaum Farms LLC Bellfountain, OR | You mean what truck brand? I know KW and Western Star do, I would guess that IH, FL, Pete do too. As for the axles, all the ones I've ever seen were Eatons on either Hendrickson or Chalmers suspension...can't remember which.
-Orin |
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La Glace Alberta Canada | All kinds of factory tri-drives here. The oil patch uses them all the time. Even a few cattle haulers have them. |
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N East Sask, Canada | Cropper Motors in Naicam has been putting fuel delivery tanks on some. I hear you can license them in Sask now. What is the allowed tonnes on the tri axle group? The centre of a super- b or tridem trailer is 21 T, compared to 17 T on tandem. That does not sound fair or worth it for 50% more axle. |
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Manitoba | with a permit they are |
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La Glace Alberta Canada | Plus the added cost upfront and the added wear on the tires |
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| Working for a truck stop in 1999 in Ontario I've fueled brand new Kenworth trucks like that. They were on the way from the dealer to a facility to have a log-carrying rack and boom installed.
I'm not sure how many axles are powered but this Manitoulin Transport truck would make a fantastic conversion to a straight grain hauling truck.
(from http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/ch_manitoulin.htm)
Edited by BrentOntario 4/7/2010 13:34
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Heil Harvesting, Ulysses KS/Limon CO | Unless you plan on running in really gooey conditions I cannot see that there is an advantage. Maintenence, tires, turning. If you can get the same weight with a tri-axle I would go that way on a grain truck. Potato truck, fuel truck, milk truck, oil field etc. where you have to go I can see an advantage but not on a grain truck... |
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Tri-drive grain trucks
