Jerry,
I do light excavation and hardscaping to support my truck and equipment habit. Dig footers for additions, rework yards, build/regrade driveways etc. and a bunch of paver patios and sidewalks. The Pete tows the other equipment and fetches paver base, sand, topsoil whatever. I run a few "homeowner loads" of material too. In corporate terms "The single axle fits our business model". That may not work for others, their business is different. I may outgrow it and need a triaxle one day, who knows.:beatsme
One guy near here ran a single axle Ford for as long as I can remember and put food on the table and kids through school with it. One material yard was running 3 or 4 singles and only 1 tandem.
You have to run what works for you, not not what works for a guy in another state or another country. (That's my polite way of saying that
some of what is posted on here is BS
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BTW - Who says I'm making any money