Trucking in North America vs around the world

is police very stright on truck + trailer combo (4+3).
i mean they are obviously made for overload.

here we overload less and less.
i mean people still buy 20m3 tipper bodies on 4axle trucks, this is for like 130k with rocks/asphalt. but they dont longer pull trailers. many bought 10x4 tippers to keep axle weights down.
timber trucks usually go in pair with tractor+ semi and load them to keep costs down without going too heavy.
seeing 70+ t trucks become rare now.

 

I can't quite tell from picture, but he is either running Dayton's or hub reduction on the drive axles.

 

Um, not if this is correct.
The maximum allowable weight for a commercial motor vehicle in Indiana, without a special permit, is 80,000 pounds. As part of his vehicle inspection Trooper Thumb weighed the truck and its steel coil cargo, discovering a combined weight of 176,300 pounds, or 96,300 pounds over the maximum allowable weight, without a special permit.

The fines for the overweight violation alone are just under $14,000.

 

Gotcha. The way I read it he was only registered for 80k.

 

I can't get the Link to Work...

 

Indiana police discover truck nearly 100,000 pounds overweight

Same event, different article.