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I'm 6 axles. The 3 on the trailer are rated at 25,000, and 70,000 within 16 feet.Originally Posted by Windwalker
I once hauled a die for casting aluminum from Cleveland to a little south of Appleton, WI. The shipper was Alcoa, and the die would cast landing gear struts for commercial aircraft. Under the permit, None of the axles could be over 20,000 pounds. That meant 4 axles at 20,000, and the steers at 12,000. Like Gman said... 92,000 pounds. If you want to go beyond that, you'd better have more axles.
The highest I've been permitted is 112,000, though my actual was a little under 110,000 gross. This particular offer would have put me at 115,000 and change, which is still within the limits. I'm 39,000 or so when empty.
I hemmed and hawed enough, and repeated a number, so the conversation sorta fizzled.
The first time I talked to this office was when they called me and used words like partial, and 2,500 from IL to NOLA.
I didn't even know who I was talking to, before I became churlish. A couple of weeks or a month later, they loaded me for better than 2,300 for a light load going 50 miles, after 100 mile dead head.
We good friends, now.
Just this one deal was a little beyond our ability to compromise.