Canadians - Lift Axles in Canada / Front axle weight

Well I know BC, AB, SK, MB won't allow lift axles on trucks. We all run tri drives. Only wheelbase exemptions are for true tridrives and or specialty trucks with winches and pickers etc. Yes you can have a 16K front axle.

 

I would assume they are ok to be on the truck out in BC/AB. Just not on the ground though. I see CanAm trucks running through there all the time with the lift axles up.

 

Yup I go to BC quite a bit. 12 on the steers and 37 on the drives with the lift up.

 

Won't allow them on the ground.

 

As for wheelbase I know for sure that BC and AB will let you buy permits for US trucks with a WB over 244". I can't remember the exact cost but it wasn't anything absurd. We have to order them anytime our trucks go up there because we run 3 Pete 379s and a W900 that all are over 250" WB. My T880 is even longer at 264".

I think AB was something like $30 per year for our entire company and BC was around $80 for a 30 day permit.

 

Best bet is to just phone the delta bc scale and the scale in Leduc Alberta to get the guaranteed answers. I forgot about the permit for bc/ab.

 

Last I checked I can go to BC with mine- but the lift has to be chained (lifted up) prior to entry. Been awhile, things may have changed.

 

Keep in mind that a permit for an over length tractor voids your ability to permit for oversize.
It also shortens the allowable wheelbase for your trailer. There is a sliding scale for up to I think a 280" tractor. Trailer wheelbase drops to around 38'. Not that big of a deal with a box trailer sliding tandem but good luck with an open deck trailer.
I finally shortened my truck to 244". And it still pisses me off.