Dumbest question of the day...

I find it amazing that a "professional" driver can have no clue about stuff that is integral to the job. This is why you see 100 yr old historic bridges collapsed by clueless "drivers". It baffles me that there's people going down the road with no clue how much their rig weighs or how much freight they can legally load. I guess they just trust their "driver managers" or "dbl" or "fm" or "icbm" or whatever cute acronym their company uses to decide if the load is legal or not. There's probably a QC macro for that. No knowledge or thought required.

 

I've got an '04 Crown Vic Sport. Best car I've ever owned.

 

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1 ton = 2,000 lbs . So, 3 tons means 3 x 2,000 = 6,000 lbs

By the way, what bob tail are you driving that's 576 " ?

This long wheelbase truck is only 350”

And no Grand Marquis weights 3 tons, they're just over 4000 lbs

 

HAHA , maybe if you have 20 15inch subwoofers in it... Im betting those cars are 2 tons and change if that.

 

Well, to the OP's credit, this is probably in the running for the "most accurate thread title" award.

My F250 would be overweight on a 3-ton road. Empty weight with me at the wheel is 6500#. And those signs are for the gross weight, not the weight of the load. That bridge doesn't care whether it is a 2-ton vehicle carrying an 8-ton load or an 8-ton vehicle carrying a 2-ton load...and the DOT sure ain't going to unload you to weight your freight. The only thing that matters is your ground pressure. That's what affects the road, and that's what the DOT will measure on their scales.

 

A 3 ton truck used to be a single axle straight truck body job or stake with maybe a 16+ foot box/deck that had 10.00x20 tires.
A 5 ton truck was a single axle maybe 22+ foot with 11R22.5 tires
A 10 ton truck was a tandem axle, basically a semi-truck chassis with a body of some sort on it.
Just a general guideline. The tonnage was the payload capacity. Although usually we put up to about 1-1/2 times more on board.

 

Giuseppe

I am hoping you are kidding us. If you are driving any kind of truck and you don't know how this whole weights and tons, and axle weights and clearances work, please park the truck until you do, before you hurt yourself or someone else.

And are you driving in the US, because I am pretty sure we don't have any jungles here, with the possible exceptions of Detroit or South Central LA.

 

One of the first things I did when assigned a new tractor and got my things in it was to fill it with fuel and CAT scale it. I put that CAT scale ticket in my permit book. There were times I liked having that information.