What is the purpose?

Hey friend, honest talk, okay?

Don’t go buying specialty trailers without knowing their limits and the rules for that trailer. You’re going to end up broke. If you’re going to buy a trailer for general use and some OSOW, get a 53ft 2 axle step. It will be the lightest, most useful for your needs.

Luck in battle.

 

Now @TripleSix

Can you pinch hit for
Me on this - as a multi axle trailer guy I can’t really do another one of these threads.

But yes there are multiaxle stetxh steps usually 2/3/2 or 3/3/2 or 3/3/3 mostly east coast

There is one from Carl’s old company in Minnesota for sale at Banta’s right now - ragged out and beat to helllll

 

I understand. Just don’t mention 80000 lbs and multiaxle in the same post. It’s like trying to learn to be potty trained but asking for marriage counseling.

 

Sure there are. Here’s an Xl stretch step multi axle.


Here’s a stretch double drop with an insert behind the stretch section. 70’ in the well and around 100k payload. If i recall correctly. Pretty neat setup.

 

Those are not multi axles.

“But Six...”

I know what you’re going to say, but a 7 axle rig is common too. In certain areas, 6 axles are common, even 8s. That’s why, back in the day, 9 axles was where heavy haul started. A multi axle has a jeep or a stinger.

Otherwise, anything bigger than a single screw pulling a pup is a multi axle.

 

####. I attached the wrong photo in the wrong spot. That’s a 2+3+2 stretch step.

That’s what I get for being up three hours before the sun.

 

Well, I stand corrected. I did not take into consideration beams and towers. Most of the really long heavy stuff, they don’t stretch, they either add in a deck insert or use a turntable and dolly.

 

I was reading the North Dakota highway classification and vehicle dimension guide the other day and for the most part, there are two kinds of states in the US. One's that observe federal "bridge law" across the entire state, and require permits for anything over 80,000 lbs, and others that only observe bridge law for the federal interstate highways.

Depending on the state and their particular allowances (ND for instance can vary by county), you can run well over 80,000 lbs so long as you have the axles for it.

So this is what I gathered from that document:

O-----oOO----------OOOo
Steer + Pusher + Tandem + Tridem + Tag (12' spread) = 105,500

O-----oOO----------OOO
Steer + Pusher + Tandem + Tridem (8' spread) = 102,500

O-----OO----------OOO
Steer + Tandem + Tridem (8' spread) = 92,500

O-----OO----------OO
Steer + Tandem + Tandem (4' spread) = 80,000

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So with a tridem trailer and the correct annual permit, you can haul 92,500 lbs gross on your setup, with up to 48,000 on the tridem itself (IIRC). That's a big boost for industries where weight comes into play, especially bulk.

You'll have to check with each individual state, but I'm fairly certain most states west of those touching the Mississippi River allow for greater than 80,000 lbs gross with multi axle setups.