John
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John De Armond
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Cleveland, Occupied TN
Don't let your schooling interfere with your education-Mark Twain
If you see others like that one, take a picture. They won't be around
forever.
Of course those humongous loads those guys hauled had something to do
with the horrible roads in Michigan and vicinity.
Jim Ricks
The trailer is designed to distribute the weight evenly over all the axels.
Signage is not requires on overweight loads even if a permit may be
required. I suspect the reason for this is wide or long loads may require
motorists to consider the unusual size when passing but if it is normal size
but very heavy it is not something that the other motorists need to know.
--
Roger Shoaf
If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.
Dear John
Yes it is all part of the bridge law formulation.
From the Rand Mcnally Atlas:
Single axle: 20,000
Tandem axle: 34,000
Tridem Axle: 42,000 - 45,000 depending on spread.
However, the gross weight still can not exceed 80,000 pounds.
In Michigan, the law was/is 20,000 pounds per axle up to 8 axles.
I've seen trailers with so many axles that the only room left was for the
landing gear.
Of course, those trailers could not be taken out of the state unless the
load met the 80,000 pound limit.
That's it, then. This was a new looking trailer so I don't think it
was left over from before harmonization. Three of the axles were
retractable and were in the up position. Probably indicated that it
was either empty or loaded <80Klbs.
Michigan has to worry about old bridges and such where the western states
worry about rutting the road. So you can see many different types of trucks
all over. A good place to look is
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/trucks.htm or if you want to see large
tankers go to
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/mark_wayman_western_tanker01.htm