Load distribution

We use to be the local company that picks up cat forklifts from the manufacturer here in Houston to the local dealer. The otr ones were all shipped in vans with 4 wooden chocks preventing them from moving, nothing else.

But they nailed the chocks in place!

 

Give me algebra and formulas and I'll take over for you chewy.

 

a = actually payload required to hit target axle group
P = payload weight
w = wheelbase of trailer
T = target measurement from trailer kingpin or axle group center to COG of load

 

53' vans

 

Just happens to be that way with us. Every single truck with the exception of one is a 4 axle truck. We have 2 each 9 axle trailers, one flat deck and one drop side.

The 4 axle trucks allow us to scale 65k with the quad trailers and with a belly dump or a-train with a 3 axle lead and a 2 axle pup we can gross 132k on a divisible load.

The 4 axle truck also allows us to scale 80k on a 3 axle RGN.

 

The coils I saw were in a container bound for china. The skid steers were in a slick side van. wood chocks nailed to the floor.

 

I'm 99% sure they didn't use e-tracks or load bars. I think PGT was the carrier.