Why do so many Americans hate European trucks?

Euro or American, I would LOVE to drive a road train just once...!! (Eyes map of Australia wistfully)

 

Actually it is 10x8, two front driven axles two rear and tag axle at rear.
Strongest driveline, worlds strongest transfer case inside.

 

These two look a lot better and more sensible the the ones with an axle directly under the doors.

 

i wonder how often they turn them on side this is longest tipper i have ever seen

 

27t on tri drive? this is ok but 20t would be too low.

in germany ( most important heavy country when it comes to heavy haulage, mostly you will load/unload in germany or pass trough) steering axles are 7.5t each, drive axles 10t , and tag axle ( on 10x4) is 10t.
with just 20t on drive axles 6x4 truck become quite bad, that is they mostly use 8x4/4 and when you lift 2nd axle get some 24t on drive axles, plus you need to put more pressure on 5th wheel by with lifting some axles on trailer and using hydraulic neck.

here you can go as far as manufacturer allows on cerain axle/suspension/frame + tires. so in theory possible to have 18t per axle. however you need to pay that much for permit and it becomes extremly expensive, so keeping weight till 13t is good.

in scandinavia they use 10x4 for heavy haulage, when they lift 2nd and 5th axle they can get up to 45t on 2 drive axles.

 

2 months ago 4x 8x4 rigid chassis imported from thromso norway with good specs without AC, they are from 2/2016. i know for 12 tippers inmported from turkey in 2007 without and for 41 fire truck without 2015/2017

 

That is the problem in Australia,very low axle loads. A single axle can be loaded with 6 tonne, or 6.7 tonne if the tyres are wider then 350mm. In the Netherlands that would be 10 tonne, or 11.5 tonne if it is a driven axle. In Australia 10 tonne would be the limit for a tandem steering axle group!

That 20 tonne for a tridem is just 1 tonne over the limit for a tandem over here. That is why I wrote some time ago that Australian trucks are not as heavy as they look, and certainly not for us Europeans.

 

This applies to Single Tyred axles, only.(see page 5)
Dual tyres are allowed (depending on application) Up to 11Tonne on a Non steering single axle..

 

11Tonne if fitted with load sharing suspension.

 

Did not think we made anything like that .