differences between US and EU trailer

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Container transport holland style!

 

Nice!

I know that scene, washed work clothes hanging out after getting covered in sh#t lol

 

BTW. about steer axes. They are really for good roads. But US roads are not so good as European. and if US highways got good pavement, there are many local roads with bad pavement, bumps and holes. And it is not all, there are many construcktion fields in the USA where semis are used on, so seems to me more simle trailers are better for US operators.

About some advantages of European trailers. in Europe single tires are used, so we have 6 tires per trailer, US trailers are generally 8 wheelers. yep, tire wear in sharp turns is more exessive on European trailers, but we all use lift axe override and use it in sharp curves.

I want to disagry to 98989 about trucktor tandem axe. may be becouse CIS roads are bad and may be covered with snow and ice, but US trucktor runs over bad roads much better and if I tow EU trailer I think nothing about axe weight limits.

 

There are strong steer axles that are steered via a large pushrod from a turntable over the kingpin, very popular with loggers ! some are designed for motorway work or city deliveries, having one steer axle is Gettin very popular here for fuel and tyre saving, I've seen alot of schmitz euroliner trailers with steer axles on them,

 

Lift axe with manual overide is more efficient and simple, reliable solution! it is easy to fit it yourself. Wabco ore Knorr Bremse lift axe valve is $100-150 only, work fine in 12V and 24V electrical systems, may be integrated in TEBS easily.

The only mechanical work is to add axe lift air bad with braket, arm and air lines.

We did it with European and US trailers. It is better and cheaper the steer axe

 

It looks like the big differance in trailers is the amount of cargo and weight that we haul here is much greater than in Europe?
When I use to pull a refer I normally was grossed out at 80,000 lbs all the time. 45-46000 lbs. load.
I pull a tanker now and would be interested to see what the EU tankers are like. The majority of the ones I pull are 7400 gallon stainless insulated chemical with pumps.

 

The max gross weights here are 97,000 lbs for a semi 132,000 lbs for a double, a normal tanker here is 33,000 l or 8717 us gallons, weight of load in tank will depend on weight of truck and trailer,