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My last post got deleted due to the language on the picture I apologize for that. A friend of mine saw this in Chicago area Illinois. Not a fan but to each it's own
If it had a 5th wheel instead of the bed, I would classify it as a Hot Shot rig. The sleeper is too big for my tastes and it would be hell to keep clean. I suppose the stacks means it had a diesel in it.
Starting back in the 70's and still going strong today, guys would take a F350 to 600/650 C&C, put a small bunkbed sleeper on it, stick on a 5th wheel and add a lowboy-style 27' trailer. They would do small loads that an LTL company would not touch.
Even today, guys do Hot Shot hauling of vehicles, using a three car wedge trailer. You can make good money this way but you end up scrambling for loads to stay busy. Note that all DOT regulations apply to these tiny hauling rigs.
Someone went through a lot of work to put that all together. Bit overboard for my tastes, but I suppose someone was trying to duplicate a "large car" in smaller scale. Whatever floats your boat.
I remember when "Hot shots" were big in the early 80's. Lots of 1 ton duallys running around.
Like mentioned all DOT regs had to be followed. You had to put a bunk on it if you wanted to be able to sleep in it. Can't just lay across the seat and be legal.
i would hate to try a raised rail crossing with that thing, or have someone put a pallet of fertilizer or ice melt in the front of the bed.
with as stretched as that abortion is, and weight would bed the frame so bad it would become a belly dragger!!
I remember a guy who delivered parts for a roller coaster when I worked at an amusement park. He had an F600 with a 3208 Cat. It was about 170" wb, with a narrowed super-single sleeper on it. He lived in it with his wife and two cats, one black, one white.
They had a 20-something foot long lowboy that could hold one roller coaster track section per run. They were hauling between the Port of Oakland and Santa Clara, about 40 miles. The wife shared they were making better money per mile than her cousin that was hauling three pieces on his Class 8 Pete & 40 ft trailer.
But I digress
That rig seems to be about 200" + on the wheelbase. Wouldn't want to try to use it for anything but a static display. Open road wouldn't be bad but in town for deliveries? No way.
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