41 No person shall without a permit drive or operate a vehicle where the gross axle weight of any axle of a tandem or tridem axle exceeds 9 100 kg or where the gross axle weight of any 2 adjacent axles of a tridem axle exceeds 17 000 kg. The maximum licensed gross vehicle weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles must not exceed 63500 kg 139994 lbs without a permit see.

Commercial Transport Regulations

Max Permit Limit This is the max weight allowed on any axle configuration with a permit.

Legal axle weights in bc. The Static Rollover Threshold SRT minimum 04 g must be certified by the manufacturer of the truck or a registered BC Professional Engineer when the tandem steer axle group exceeds 15200 kg. Tandem drive axles converted to tridem drive must meet track width requirement. Tire comparison a NGWBST and b Dual Tire Assembly In June of 2018 BC increased the weight allowance for wide based single tires 455 mm or wider to.

However if the road is restricted to 70 percent of legal axle loading then the legal axle weight allowed would be 70 percent of legal for example. The weight on a single tire except on steering axles having a minimum width of 445 mm cannot exceed 3080 kg on highways rated as Class 3 - Gross Vehicle Weights up to 50000kg and Class 4 - Gross Vehicle Weights up to 43500 kg. Averages around 44000 lbs on a tandem.

Axle locking devices must be capable of being disengaged during turning manoeuvres. The maximum legal axle weight on a highway are. Typically 34000 lbs on a tandem.

Minimum 10-inch tires on drive axles. The maximum legal axle weight on a highway are. In BC the weight.

Of axles must be able to haul specific maximum weights within the legal height width and length specifications set out by provincial and federal authorities. Gross weight on any two adjacent axles in a tridum axle group must not exceed 17000 kg 37478 lbs. Truck Configurations Truck configurations in British Columbia have three main types of axle groupings.

Yes there are violation ticket fines 345. Weight limit caps on the second trailer of A and C train double trailer combinations were removed and replaced by the requirement that the weight of the tractor drive axles the weight of the lead trailer. Single Axle 9 100 kg any one axle of a Tridem or Tandem Axle Group 9 100 kg the axle weight difference between adjacent axles 1 000 kg maximum the gross weight on the steering axle of an all-wheel-drive three axle truck is 7 500 kg maximum the gross weight of any two adjacent axles in a Tridem Axle Group 17 000 kg maximum except in case of a tridem pole trailer the sum of the axle.

Max Legal Limits The max weight allowed on any axle configuration without requiring a permit. Are there fines for disobeying load restrictions. The steering axle weight limit on straight trucks was increased to 7250 kg.

New Brunswick - Weight Limit on Single Tires April 2008. The tridem drive axles must be on a common suspension that equalizes the weight within 1000 kg from adjacent axles. Maximum Legal Weight Allowed.

A spread axle group over 6 spacing is not allowed to carry more than about 20000 pounds total 10000 pounds per axle. A tridem pole trailer. For example legal weight for a tandem axle group is 17000 kg 100 load restriction is 17000 kg 70 load restriction is 11900 kg and 50 load restriction is 8500 kg.

The SRT limit also applies to tridem steer tridem drive truck. Compared to conventional dual tire legal axle weights of 9100 kg for single axles. Axle locking devices must be capable of being disengaged during turning manoeuvres.

Single tandem tridem. However the POE will sell you an overweight permit for extra weight on the spread if your load is a single piece and non-reducible. Single Axle 9 100 kg any one axle of a Tridem or Tandem Axle Group 9 100 kg the axle weight difference between adjacent axles 1 000 kg maximum the gross weight on the steering axle of an all-wheel-drive three axle truck is 7 500 kg maximum the gross weight of any two adjacent axles in a Tridem Axle Group 17 000 kg maximum except in case of a tridem pole trailer the sum of the axle.

G the sum of the axle loads on the drive axles and jeep axle in a tandem drive truck tractor in combination with a single axle jeep and lowbed semi-trailer exceeds the greater of 24 000 kg or the weight allowed under the table in section 717. Cannot exceed the sum of the maximum legal axle weights up to a maximum of 55300 kg Maximum Permit Weight Allowed Maximum Allowable Registered Gross Vehicle Weight GVW 63500 kg. Maximum Legal Weight Allowed.

Tandem axle is allowed 17000 kg legal with the 70 percent reduction it would be allowed 11900 kg. To 31000 kg or keep the maximum legal weight allowance at 34000 kg the Ministry of Transportation first needed to better understand the implications of the weight reduction by assessing the potential safety benefits as well as the costs and impacts associated to the trucking industry itself. If the road is restricted to 100 percent of legal axle loading you are allowed to operate at legal weights as per the Commercial Transport Regulations.

So review our Permits and Escorts Page for a list of axle weight limits by state.