Red Bank
Senior Member
I had to go to Jacksonville Fla last week and on the way back Friday to NC I drove through the I-95 construction in southern Georgia during the day and noticed that in Northern Florida and Georgia that I saw only tandem dump trucks. In Florida I saw two single axle tractors pulling tandem dump trailers that were around 16 foot long. Some of the dump trucks had the high flotation tires on the front axle but were tandems. Is the laws in Georgia and Florida that strict? I have a tandem Mack that around here is a bit of a relic, if I had a tri-axle I could get more work. On I-95 the trucks were hauling fill dirt, gravel, and asphalt. It just blew my mind seeing nothing but tandems-around North Carolina a job like that would bring out the big boys with 4 and 5 axles. Is it like this elsewhere in the country?