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[bcp]

Bruce

 

[Redlands Okie]

 

[kneedeep]

Tag axle for bridge laws, can have lots of axles for the real heavy loads of over 100K #.
Bridge weights are based on axle load, spreading the weight to more axles is better and cost more.

 

[Peter 315]

Only the rear axle drives the front is just a tag axle with brakes.

 

[LD48750]

That is a 4 axle tractor.
#2 axle is an air tag lifted to save tires on the turn.
If needed he will put it back down as soon as he straightens out.

 

[aczlan]

That is a 4 axle tractor.
#2 axle is an air tag lifted to save tires on the turn.
If needed he will put it back down as soon as he straightens out.

That is what I was thinking. It would be abnormal to have a truck setup to haul heavy permit loads with only 3 axles.

Aaron Z

 

[4570Man]

Nope, he has 2 drive axles, 1 in the ground and one held up.

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I still think that truck has 3 tandems and the trailer is blocking the view of the 3rd. You can just barely see the front of the trailer and the hitch will be close to centered over the drives not behind them. I’ve never seen a truck with only 2 rear axels that could lift one. And if it did exist they definitely wouldn’t haul a load like that with only one axle on the ground. I have seen trailers that could lift one of 2 axels off the ground. Does anyone know what truck that is? The specs I could find were 49,000 pounds for the smallest articulated truck and 71,000 pounds empty for the biggest.

 

[Morning Wood]

Looks like 3 axles on the tractor to me as well. You can see the fender profile on the front axle actually bumps up for when that axle is lifted. Looks heavy in any case.

 

[paulfun9]

You could not haul that with only one axel, too much wieght. The truck definately has 3 axels minimum!

 

[check]

I wanna drive the truck he’s hauling! Man, what a toy that would be!