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Originally Posted by yoopr
We're allowed around 165,000 in my state but you have to have the corresponding Axles to do it.
Just don't go into a surrounding state with it
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And that is why you have 15 axles, double trailers, and steers rated for 20k. (I don't know how you back those suckers up, but I've seen it done first hand, and right next to me, I might add!!)
What I hate to say but feel its important to mention is that the reason our bridges are of real concern is that there isn't the kind of money that could be put into them. We could build our roads (and our trucks) to handle waaaay much weight that we're putting on them, but the fact is, it would cost an insurmountable amount of money to make that happen. This is what we call "engineering," it is the compromise between structural integrity and the bottom line. How narrow of a margin do you want to create?
And when we construct our roads to be cheaper, we end up paying for it in the end by having to maintain them much more often than we have to.