Interstate System Weight Limits

[Tom Warner]

David I always thought that no single axel can exceed 20,000# period
(as it states). And tandem axels cannot exceed 34000# . I interpret
that to mean that the steer axel and tandem axel drive wheels cannot
exceed 20,000# and the tags 14,000#.

Tom Warner
1982 FC35
Vernon Center,NY


At 08:52 AM 11/2/2005, you wrote:
>Tom,
>
> From the Federal Highway Administration web site:
><http://vsw.fhwa.dot.gov/qa/qa.jsp?catego...R%20658.17>http://vsw.fhwa.d\
ot.gov/qa/qa.jsp?category=23%20CFR%20658.17
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the drive/tag axles on an
>LXi qualify as a Tandem axle.
>
>*May States set weight limits on the Interstate
>System at less than the Federal maximum weight limits?*
>
>"No. When Interstate System weight limits were raised to the current
>levels in
>1974 (20,000 pounds single axle, 34,000 pounds tandem axle, 80,000 pounds
>overall gross weight limits, plus bridge formula limits), States were
>not required
>to raise their limits accordingly, although most did. However, six
>contiguous
>States in the Mississippi valley, referred to as the "barrier States,"
>did not
>and effectively limited the weight for all vehicles moving across them to
>their own limits. This was changed in 1982 when Congress established
>Interstate System weight limits as minimums as well as maximums."
>
>*What is the definition of a tandem axle?*
>
>"It is two or more consecutive axles over 40 inches but not over 96 inches
>apart. If there were 3 axles within that distance, they would be considered
>a tandem axle for the purpose of Interstate weight limits."
>
>Best regards,
>David Brady
>'02 LXi, Smokey, Va
>
>Tom Warner wrote:
>
> >David you are already 2000# over the Federally mandated maximum for
> >your drive axel of 20,000 # per axel. Hope you are never stopped and
> >checked. That was one of the problems with the BB...to heavy!
> >
> >Tom Warner
> >1982 FC35
> >Vernon Center,NY
> >
> >
>
>
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