Weight rating of trailers

In VA we drop at least the counterweight and bucket, some set ups also require the stick to be removed, and that is on 7 or 8 axles. If you had a long wheel base tractor and 3 + 1 set up on the trailer you might trip permit it. I have seen 349D coming thru going to port on a 4 axle tractor and 3 + 1 set up on trailer. Depending on the trailer set up you might be able to gross the load but have trouble getting axle weights right.

 

We move them on tri axle truck, 8 wheel jeep, tri axle rgn lowbed.

Edit....10 wide trailer. Nothing taking off as for bucket or weight

 

Yes that's what he means. Up north they run a lot of 16 wheel jeeps and trailers as they get really good weights on them especially during road bans.

 

The GVWR includes the weight of the trailer, for example my 55 ton trailer has a GVWR 131k, or 110k of cargo and 21k of trailer weight. So to be fair the cargo capacity is roughly 107.5k. Say you're using a true heavy spec truck, 16k front with a tri drive on the truck, 16+20+20+20+20+20+20, lets say the truck weights 19k and the trailer 12.5k, that leaves you with 104.5k, not too far from the cargo capacity. In a few states down south you can get 66k per tri, so in theory you should be able to permit it legally.

 

Where can you get a true heavy spec truck that only weighs 19,000? Mine weighs 27,000

 

I was talking a hypothetical best, it could be achieved with a light engine and a daycab. I do however have a Classic XL with a 12.7L, 18 speed tranny, facorty double frame, lift axle and 46k rears, weighing in at 21k with half tanks. I know the engine helps a lot with keeping the weight down, but it's still a lot of truck for the weight. You've got a KW and a CAT, neither are known for being light

 

In that case, from my understanding, you would add all of the GWVR together to come up with a total GVWR, not just the trailer. So you'd add say you have a truck with 72k GVWR and a trailer with a GVWR of 131k, your total GVWR would be 203k. Being able to permit it is a different issue, but that's how much weight you'd be able to handle while still being within the structural limits of your eqipment. The axles have their own measure, GAWR