What is the rationale for the Bridge Laws?

I'm just here for the entertainment. Oh don't forget the inside bridge weights. Carry on.

 

They’re not connected. States with KPRA regs enforce them no matter the gross weight of the truck.

If you want an example of them being separate look no further than Idaho. If your trailer is longer than 48ft and you want to travel off National network roads then you have to buy an offtrack permit. If you’re pulling a van or reefer they allow more than 34k on your trailer tandem when you’re slid ahead to make offtrack on a section of road. If you’re running multi axles then you get your truck legal to make offtrack and then measure your axles to figure your inner bridge and determine what your gross weight can be. KPRA has nothing to do with weight, if it did then why make trucks have a shorter inner bridge?

 

Yea, always exceptions.

 

So you don't think 1 affects the other and not taken into account when the rules are made?

That's the point,
Why are some states different than others?

 

Western states use it. Minus California and Oregon. Oregon uses standard axle weights but bridge is lower.

East states are higher weights.

 

California recognizes the federal bridge laws, you just can’t be over 80k gross. Hauled cattle with a guy that ran a 4 axle t800 and he’d load heavy to the front and run his lift axle down because he’d be heavy on the steer with it in the air. He had a fixed 5th wheel. He never got bothered in CA and was allowed 43500 on his tridem on the truck.

 

They recognize a lot of things that are different.

Like two row 16 tire trailers and jeeps. I'm pretty sure Nevada and Arizona do as well.

 

Because everyone there is old, tired, sweaty, and wearing an ugly shirt...so they don't care what the trucks haul