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I agree it's not hard but the commercial insurance, medical certs, and requirements that come along with the CDL are a hassle and expensive. I will likely get the CDL unless I can find a loop hole. Thanks
I live in Louisiana and am looking to use a 5ton for a food truck. However, i would like to avoid the class B cdl since I will weigh about 30K. Anyway to get around the CDL that you know of?
Thats a very good idea and would work. My current box is 24' and if i took the front off the box would be 8 ft back which fits the standard 5ton without much modification. Only issue is i'm still at 13 feet since my existing box is not the standard height but a 9ft high cube box. I guess I...
I would need about 8 inches more to make half of the box. This sketchup shows the tires a little forward of half However, It really wouldn't be that noticeable pushing everything 8 inches. Thanks for the info but i think my biggest challenge is going to be the Class B CDL portion of it. I...
Thanks for the info, Do you by any chance know how in-depth the Class B rating is? Is it something I an attend a school bus driver class and then watch a Youtube video and pass? I could never pass a Class A CDL without a school.
Thats some great info, you obviously have access to a M923. Anyway you could measure from the back cab to the front rear tire. basically trying to see the distance from the cab to where the rears already sit. Also the distance between the 2 main mounts of the boogie. Knowing my luck I will...
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I measured "roughly estimated" using google maps the turning radius to be 108ft, lol its ridiculous but actually doable in the downtown streets of a city. The turning radius of a deuce is 35ft, now it's 108ft with the 13ft addition of frame. I added 13ft to the wheelbase bringing the...
You are 100% correct, I would have been better off with a 5 ton. I was scared off when someone said class CDL and found out that the class A CDL school was expensive and took a while. From what I gather its a pretty easy cert since a full blown Class A is not required. The Deuce is an awesome...
Im in Louisiana, One of the questions I forgot to ask in my original post was: How easy would it be to move the rears back a few feet on the M923A2? The Deuce has rivets and very difficult to move the rears without cutting the frame. I noticed the 5ton rears are bolted and the frame still has...
I have a mockup with one axle in the rear or "bobbed". This is my last option because I want to keep the 6x6 look. The link is of the Del Popolo food truck which is a single rear axle and I feel it looks good, but not quite the tough look im going for...
How does the ride differ from the Deuce? My current setup is a rough ride but not excessive. I am concerned about putting the oven over the rears, im my current truck the oven is behind the cab and not a very rough ride. I plan on adding 10K-15K to the total weight, hopefully that will calm...
I would likely cut the frame aft of the rear tires and mount a under mounted box that carries my generator, water, etc. Aft of the cab I would have a 20ft shipping container, then 4ft box. I would need to do some serious digging to find out exactly how far from the back of the cab the tires...
I ran across a M923a2 at a car show and took some measurements. The rail height is about 49" with the tires being 48". Thats 12' overall height with an 8ft tall shipping container. Since I'm selling pizzas and have a Wood Fired Oven in the truck I would like to naturally vent the chimney out...
Looking for some experienced answers on using a M927 as a food truck. I built the food truck in the image and used a Deuce as the platform, jimdeggys/facebook. Long story behind why I chose the Deuce, its still in service and works for the intended purpose. If this board would be willing to...
My front left and right flashers in my M35A3 do not work anymore, they don't even light up. The turn signal light on the selector stays solid and doesn't flash when I select left or right turns (it use to flash). The rear L/R turn lights light up but do not flash. I have to manually "flash"...
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