bridge laws

You can't be stretched out on a 53' trailer period in Cali !!! Regardless of being legal in weight.

 

Please do us and yourself a favor.....forget the steer axles unless you are trying to figure Bridge Law (regardless on State) with the weight displacement of the steer v drive axles.

That is what Bridge Law is all about....weight displacement....please read the link page I gave earlier, just left click on the link in the post. It shows diagrams and a good explanation about axle spacing.

 

Try telling that to the "genius" dock "folk" at the Coors plant over that little hill in CO!

Of course....theirs is the only State that begins with the letter "C"! Just axe em!

 

The Federal Bridge Law works in conjunction with the given State's maximum distance formula for the placement of axles.

In CA (other States I don't know the specifics) the 40' king pin max distance is mainly for off tracking of the trailer's tandem sets. Doubles are allowed to have a longer overall length (for obvious reasons, they have a "hinge" in the middle...so the "off tracking" is diminished)...also the combination of "Truck/Trailer" think gasoline trucks with two tanks....it all comes down to the tracking ability to maintain the "your side of the highway" principal. Also, CA has a 65' overall length to run off the STAA routes.

ID also has a different configuration for weight displacement off the main truck routes. At least ID publishes a "route map" for whatever your combination limits are with regard to their formula.

 

OK, this is kinda what I was getting at. The bridge law sets minimum length for weight, it doesn't set the maximum length for the weight. There is not a 51 ft maximum for the Bridge Formula. 51 ft under the Bridge Formula is the minimum length for the 80,000. Under the Bridge Law you can be 52,53, 54, any length longer, you just cannot be under the 51 ft w/5 axles and 80,000. For instance if you were 52 ft w/5 axles, under the BL you could gross 80,500, 55 ft, 82,500, but then you would have other problems (Over gross, KPRA problem or an over-length problem).

It's been a long time since I have had to deal with BL and KPRA issues as well. It's good to refresh with discussion, so you have my thanks as well.

 

If you look back over my posts that's pretty much what I've been saying (Esp my first post). Other laws not considered and not being state specific concerning KPRA or length laws, I still hold the position that a T/T grossing 80,000 with a 53' trailer stretched out cannot have a bridge law problem.

 

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Guys its is 40 ft bridge law Empty or loaded NO other way around it. on a 53' .. I know today I went thru scales on I-8 in CA an was 1 foot over 41ft .. I didn't get a ticket am im glad but a citation. enough said

 

No, that's the king pin to rear axle law, not the bridge law.