Wide-base single tires can now operate at same weights as duals in Ontario

[Cybergal]

Wide-base single tires can now operate at same weights as duals in Ontario
12/16/08

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Government of Ontario has amended its regulations to allow the new generation of wide-base single heavy truck tires to operate at the same weights as conventional dual tires.

Tire rolling resistance accounts for up to 35% of fuel consumption. Wide-base tires have been found on average to produce between 4% and 5% fuel savings compared to conventional duals, according to a press release from the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) today. This savings equates to annual greenhouse gas reductions in the range of seven to eight tonnes per vehicle per year, the association said.
More >> http://www.trucknews.com/issues/ISAr...issue=12162008

[JGWhtmn]

So if Ottawa got off it's butt and set standards of trade in our own country so when things like this come along it's a set standard across Canada. Out here in BC the road system is so out dated and slowly getting upgrades we can't run anything longer than 244" wheel base trucks. But they impose new Regs on truck use and hours of service with out looking at what we have to run on. Now they want new additions to trucks for emissions but where does this magic room on frames come from when held to old rules. Out west trucks can run these tires but are restricted to only 34,000lbs on tandems or 17,000lbs per axle. so what do we tell shippers to do with the extra 3,500lbs we are allowed to pack up here on duals.

Questions to be answered by whom??????????

[25(2)+2]

So if Ottawa got off it's butt and set standards of trade in our own country so when things like this come along it's a set standard across Canada. Out here in BC the road system is so out dated and slowly getting upgrades we can't run anything longer than 244" wheel base trucks. But they impose new Regs on truck use and hours of service with out looking at what we have to run on. Now they want new additions to trucks for emissions but where does this magic room on frames come from when held to old rules. Out west trucks can run these tires but are restricted to only 34,000lbs on tandems or 17,000lbs per axle. so what do we tell shippers to do with the extra 3,500lbs we are allowed to pack up here on duals.

Questions to be answered by whom??????????

The Bureaucratic Constant, always the wrench in the works. Why is the shorter wheelbase needed, is it due to turning radius? In this country we have the California bridge length for 53 foot trailers. I guess you would have to load for the weight allowed where you are loading, even though you could carry more elsewhere with the same tires.

Sometimes I really don't like this business. In your case it is due to creative buck passing, I guess.

[cpassey]

There are some trucking companies in Oregon using those tires too... Terain Tamers, Is one I think...

[JGWhtmn]

Some of the sections of our highway up here in BC were originally built when trailers were only 38' long. So now we run 53' straight trailers and super B trains ( total trailing units around 63' long, 32' front deck with about 3' between trailers and a 28' pup ) on these same roads that have seen no major up grades since after the WWII. so with these tight turns and small bridges they want trucks under 244" so they can maneuver in the narrow stretches of the roads. East of BC you can run longer trucks but can't run into BC with the trailers of today's needs.