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I think you have the best of both worlds on opinion's here. Say for hauling to residential customers, if you have the sales of a material that people want, it can be lucrative, there is a plethora of used single axles out there ranging from 5-30 years old. You can get a single axle very reasonably and they are handy for tight areas, smaller loads etc. I don't like the smaller one tons like what they used to call a masons dump, prefer just a little more truck, like a S/A, matter of preference I suppose. When you get into the tandems, tri-axles etc. you need to find steady work for it, either your own work like excavation, or selling a material you make or quarry etc, or you'll need to hook up with a construction company needing trucks for their jobs to keep it busy. You'll need to find some steady hauling for it, no matter what it is, has to be one that pays, these big ones are not cheap to run or fix, the work has to pay for the truck, maintenance and your salary + a little extra. I used to run singles, tandems and triaxles, while employed by site work contractors, early in my career, was good learning experience, I did not like being in a truck most of the day though, preferred running equipment on a site. ALways found that a versatile single axle was very handy. I have an old single axle dump, was a grain truck and I use it to haul a compost material that I make, it works well, truck is not too bad to keep up on and the material sells for over $25 a yard, 10 yds = $250 per load, homeowners buy the material, so it does provide some extra $$.
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