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Originally Posted by Heavy Duty
Tracer What the agent is talking about and what you need is a 48 ft RGN with mechanical detach with a flip.The reason for a flip is so that when it is up you have a 48 ft trailer which exempts you from king pin laws. You need 18 inch deck heigth so you can be 13-6 with a 12ft high piece. Be very careful of used equipment, many have been abused. In the states you can permit 92,000 on 5 axles and 112,000 on six. More in some states depending on axle spacings and tires.
The load you were looking at has the permit cost included probably $700 to $900. Overweight permits can be quite expensive in some states. Check with LS before you buy a trailer to be sure they will let you lease it on and what restrictions they will put on you.
X L Specialized Trailer
How can 48 ft trailers be exempt from the maximum 41 kingpin setting requirement? Is it strictly for RGN trailers? Because I have a 48 ft step and we spent a lot of time with the dealer discussing various settings. I think I'm at 40.8' from the kingpin to the center between my 2 axles.
But looking at the drawing of the XL 70 MFG, I can see it does violate the 41 ft requirement even in its shown 48 ft configuration: the rear deck is 9 ft from the beginning to the end, so it looks like the center between the axles is 4.5' away from the end or 43.5' from the beginning of the trialer. Minus the kingpin position of 16" gives us ... 42.1' from the kingpin to the center between the axles! What the heck.
I guess that explains it why you cannot have a 53 ft RGN with a tridem (all fixed axles)....