HOW MUCH WEIGHT CAN A TRUCK CARRY?? Explaining B-TRAIN Weight Laws In Canada And United States 

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Because of all these axles?

Cool love the story. I have experienced this as well. It really is like winning the lottery!

Yep, because any extra axles other than the 5 in Canada have to be lift axles. 139960lbs is the max allowed weight in Canada, and is achieved with a 5 axle trailer.

I have a heavy steer on mine, gets you up to 47,000kgs gvrw Pulling trains with my truck, the heavy steer doesn't mean diddly. I can't register it for anything more than 63,500kgs.

Why don't you people just Google ( dept. Of transportation , weights and measures ) everything you need to know in every state .

@@terrydavis6132 you probably have to be Philadelphia lawyer to decipher the regulations.

What company you work for?

You are wrong. Over there in Australia a Canadian or american b train would be called "small". Compared to your road trains lol.

If you have a spread axle, the back has to slide forward and nominal dist 40 feet from pin to back axle center line. That makes it legal in Manitoba. Triple axle on 54 foot trailer is okay though.🤔🤔🤔

You still have to load your loads correctly in place over here. Example: Loading a 75 K lb coil depending on your trailer axle configuration and type because some are rated for less weight in a certain spot then others.

Wrong, in Canada measurements for axle spread and overhang length are taken from the hub also.

Yeah Michigan is allowed more weight and up to the 11 axles. I didn’t go too deep into that because this setup is the best of both worlds for doing the cross border stuff 👍

In Washington state (I believe in Oregon as well), the only way above 105,500 is with special permits. Washington state DOT has a great online “axle spacing and weight calculator” that’s real simple to use. Enter any configuration, and it will tell you what you’re allowed to gross, and what you’re allowed on each axle, and each group. It’s a pretty thorough breakdown. I’ve been using it a lot, trying out different variations to see how to get the most from a piece of equipment which I plan to have built once I have it all sorted out. You might be surprised at the difference it can make just moving an axle half a foot in some cases. For example, I ran a bunch of B-Train configurations through it, and on the tridem (excuse me, tri-axle) if you space them on 61 inch centers (5’ 1”) it will be allowed 43,500 pounds for the group, which gives you a little more of that “wiggle room” he was talking about.

thats why ur roads are torn to fucx

Well where are you looking at. Is it where there is alot more tandom truck travel where the city or county as little to no money or out in the rural areas where there is constant 11 axle farm trucks, tanker trucks, gravel trains, van trucks, log/lumber trucks?

Yep some roads are rough here in Michigan but I haven’t noticed any better road conditions in Illinois, Indiana or Ohio either and they’re not allowing 164k trucks. So I’d say that’s a terrible argument. I can run 2300 bushel of corn legally in Michigan where in most Midwest states they maybe can squeeze a little over 1000. If we were limited to 80k Michigan would literally die. One way in and one way out for everything; agricultural products, fuels, forest products, chemicals, aggregates and so on. I live in Kent County and we have beautiful roads.

@@farmingthemitten5272 yeah a bunch of other spots in other states are just as terrible and another thing to note is the base that they made the roads a lot of spots in Michigan its just blue clay and yeah there are some really bad spots around Detroit and over on I-69 by flint and Lansing but is a high traffic area. plus some states are allowing more and even some spots in Ohio and Indiana but we're only allowed on a certain route even the US government wanted to increase the federal weight gross weight while basically lowering axle weight to Michigan standard idk if it passed or not

Yeah some trucks in Michigan are like that, though that combination is not legal in Canada

I think in the city limits of Detroit they still do that where the city limits has no weight limit it was for the auto plants and the steel plants idk if it was ever grandfathered in or not

@@crazyjack3357 As far as I know wayne county and city of detoilet follow MI weight limits now. However if your working for the right company anything goes in this state...

Depending on the tire size, you can (in some jurisdictions) go up to 18,000 on the steers (at least that’s the heaviest that I’ve seen). On the drives however, even with heavier duty axles installed, I’m pretty sure you’re still limited to 34,000.

I think the limit is still 105,500 I could be wrong (but I think I’m remembering correctly from when I looked into it about a year ago). Check the laws carefully though…. I think they will only allow A-Train triples there…. Not B-Train.

That is on a 62500 kg RTAC highway. On a 63500 RTAC highway such as the 16, TransCanada, perimeter around Winnipeg and the 75 you're allowed 24000 kg on the triaxle.

Nope! Canada wide is up to 140’000lbs with the right axles, and Michigan can actually go up to I think 158’000lbs with the right axles, no permits.

In the rest of the USA yes you need permits for anything over 80,000. But you can register your truck for a 90,000 gvw.

oregon Washington and Idaho Utah and others allow for 105.5 with right axle setup. another thing is most those same states will allow. 86k on a 3axle tractor spread axle trailer if your already licensed for 105.

With A-train set up in Michigan, Im legal to 164,000 lbs but if I haul into Ohio, Im only permitted to 154,000 lbs.

Yeah there’s all sorts of special rules with spacings and tire types that I don’t quite dip into in the line of work I do, so I didn’t want to dive that far in, because there’s a very good chance I’d be wrong! Haha

To my understanding 60" spread in Ontario and maybe Quebec, I know standard 54" in Manitoba. To the best I know.

Correct! My truck weighs around 34000 when I have a tandem axle trailer on, which means I can take a payload of around 46000lbs