Ontario Canada WB Question

"the fuel tanks are right up against the quarter fenders and there's no room to slide the 5th wheel and very little swing clearance for a reefer unit" How dare they COPY 99% of the fleet trucks in AMERICA.

 

I forgot to add I have a 244" WB truck and I have a good 30" of space between my tanks and front drive axle.

 

Battery box is under the door??

 

Yes it is. And behind my fuel tanks I have a fuel product pump on one side and a 45 gal hydraulic tank on the other.

 

Lot of 216,220,224,230,232,234," wheelbase tractors here in the USA that pull reefers with up to 70" CONDO bunks , not everyone has the 280 to 300" wheelbase.

Still a few nice older LONG WHEELBASE tractors in Ontario

 

A KW with a setback axle gives an additioinal 16" behind the cab. The one I sold your Dad was a 215" when i bought it, before I ever used it we added 24 inches to it and made it 239. The reason why I never went to 244 is because I would have had to add another cross member and steady bearing. The cost to extend was $2,000. That tractor was sitting in KW showroom in Saskatoon and was specked out for pulling super "B" but I pulled Super Loads with it .

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I've always been told that for Ontario it has to be 244 only if its a 53ft trailer. If it is a 48ft or short longer then 244 is fine. We run 260wb in and all over Ontario and Quebec with zero issues with authorities..... about length.

 

Did you read my post at all? If your truck is older than 2005 you can be legally be longer than 244". So if you are driving around in a 2002 Pete with a 300", you are legal. If you bought a brand new 2011 Pete 300" spread, you are illegal!

 

In general, I believe the 244" restriction come from trucks being too long to navigate through city streets without taking 3 lanes to make a right hand turn.