Hey CM1995.
I don't do asphalt work on a daily basis. So im not realy an expert on it.
When we need some, we just get it in our ordinary dumper trucks.
I know that there is 50mm/1,9inch insulation between the steel and the alu sheeting.
And theese dumpsters is realy light.
I should also point out that the round shape reduces separation of the asphalt too.
The cabovers is a must, because of the length regulations in the whole europe.
There is a max lenght on every type of vehicle and truck/trailer combination.
A nose on the truck makes u loose 3-6 feet of loading area.
The only guy's that can use a truck like yours, is those transporting goods that are heavy and have a low volume.
There is a easier way than R/C controlled trucks.
Show that u are the boss, and have some punishment "things" at hand.
Works very well in the countries i visit; Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait...
Seriously: Meet them at the gate and give them good instructions, and i bet they do as u want.
Here is a story around that:
On a truck stop her in Norway some Finnish truckers rolled in. They parked and they didn't lock their doors.
Went inside and had a meal.
They watched their trucks trough the window.
Another driver climbes inside one of their trucks and snoops around...Ooppps
This is not the guy's u want to fuss with.
Guy's from Finland are known to have a short fuse.
Four big Finnish guy's rushed out, grabbed the smart ass.
Two guys holding his fingers on top of the front bumper. Third guy with a hammer.
Ten blue ones before the let him go.
I bet he dosen't do that anymore.
We had a controll guy in the DOT some years ago. U know a pain in the.. yeah, i bet u know the type.
He made everybody very angry and got a lot of complaints. Got moved from one district to another.
He was beaten real bad by some Finnish guy's, they didn't axept his behavour.
So he didn't stop any Finnish trucks after that.
But treat them as any other, and they are real nice guy's.