Front axle weight

A little off topic here, but you know what's really sad? Around my area, mixer drivers generally start out at only 12.50 an hour. Sheetz, on the other hand, starts their store employees out at the same rate. Which job has more risk?

Crazy, isn't it?

 

The super singles don't like wet or slick roads. They have less traction than duals and suck to chain. Up here we run them on other axles besides steers.

 

We were at $20 + $1.70 pension when I left, non union side, which are 2 giant companies, we're closer to $23, go figure. The kids that were green , some started at like half scale. Usually an experienced driver new to Redi Mix would be at $16 or $17 and get scale in a year.

LOL I used to drift around the plant to the staging area.

 

http://www.in.gov/isp/files/size_weight_laws.pdf
Here is a link to a summary of Indiana size and weight laws. I don't see anything in there about being limited to a 12k steer. Not saying there isn't a law about it somewhere but I don't see it mentioned in this document.

 

Look at your motor carrier atlas.

 

Those are the true definition of "super singles". Those bigger single steer tires on stuff that sees serious loading or off road. The single tires on road truck drive axles are technically called "wide based".

 

Actually that is wrong. Weight limits are based on different locations and roadways. All you have to do is get a motor carrier road atlas and look at the tables. Some states go by tire rating some go by a weight limit and some go by whichever is greater or lesser. If you don't have an atlas google state weight limits on steer tires and you will see several states limits.

 

True, limits are based on state determinations according to road, but they do place limits on the rating of the axle and the tires being used. RM atlas just shows maximum for the roads. I can pretty much guarantee you that if you roll across the scale with 15,000 lb on a standard steer axle and tires most OTR trucks are running, even if the state max is 20,000 lb on a steer, you are getting pulled around back and taken out of service.

 

Not in a state that has no max tire rating law. According to my guide the state of Alabama had a max 20,000 for steers with no @ in it limiting to tire rating or thread width. My guide is 3 years old so this might have changed.

Here is a link to a 2013 weight guide.

www.fischertrucking.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/SizeWeight13.pdf