Just get a diesel. For working on, convenience I would stay away from those S series trucks and all those where the engine is half in the cab like them. No room to work and all crammed in there. Get and old KW,Pete,or freight shaker. With the big flat hoods. Room to get to the perishable parts like oil filters,alternators, and such. Yup they will not be the 10,000 cheap tandem but they will be around when the others are in the junk. Plenty of drive train. I would not want to go to a tandem. Since you will be in the CDL size anyway might just as well go with the semi. I have been looking at a big single axle with a regular trailer behind it. Would haul about 1200-1400 bushel legal with that setup depending on empty weight. Could also use the truck to go to the bin while loading the trailer and would be reasonable to hook up. Just the tongue to lift or jack up. Could also use the trailer as just a trailer on the other truck if wanted so more versatile to me. This would be in my situation. OLd regular cab road tractors are really pretty cheap compared to straight trucks. Another reason for using one of the previous models mentioned is the sleeper has a boot between the cab and sleeper that can be split for a box and hoist. This will gain you about the right amount of frame without stretching the frame for the box. I looked at this on my one truck with a 60inch sleeper. I could put an 18 ft box on with a 30 or 36 inch overhang for the hinge. I'm still up in the air which way to go. With just a trailer I could have 2 semis's or a semi with a tandem. I really don't want a tandem the empty weight to payload is not good enough compared to a semi or a truck with a regular trailer set up as a short double sort of.
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