Question on axel weights on trucks

bigblue19 · Nov 18, 2007

have a question on the amount of weight a truck axle can have. I am finding alot of truck that are being sold with a 38,000 lb rear axel weight limit insread of the 40,000 lb weight limit. Does this limit the amount od weight you can haul (fully loaded). I know that a truck and trailer with a full load can weight 80,000 lb. With the rear axel limit at 38,000 will that knock that down to fully loaded weight to 78,000 lb.

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The answer is NO.

No matter how the states allow you to disperse the weight according to bridge laws and individual axle weights. The max is still 80,000lb gross
(.Unless you are running heavy haul out west.)

Your not going to be loading anywhere near 38k on the drives but spreading it out over the whole combination. Which is typically 12,000-34,000-34,000.

MACK E-6 · Nov 18, 2007

nerok9 said: ↑

I have a question on the amount of weight a truck axel can have. I am finding alot of truck that are being sold with a 38,000 lb rear axel weight limit insread of the 40,000 lb weight limit. Does this limit the amount od weight you can haul (fully loaded). I know that a truck and trailer with a full load can weight 80,000 lb. With the rear axel limit at 38,000 will that knock that down to fully loaded weight to 78,000 lb.
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You're referring to the rating of your drive axles, I take it?

That matters not, because on non-permit loads you won't be allowed to have more than 34k on your drive axles, or any tandem axle. Some trailers, however, have the axles spread apart which allows for more legal axle weight, depending on the distance of the spread. 10' of spread will allow 40k on trailer axles.

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