@clyde46 said:
@foxhound_fox: I don't have the license for a trailer yet. We have two classes here for large goods vehicles. Class 1 and Class 2. I have Class 2 which allows me to drive rigid vehicles up to a max gross weight of 32 tons or 70,000lbs. Class 1 allows you to drive either a Wagon and Drag which is like the truck I drive but has a trailer on the back.
Thats a wagon and drag.
Class 1 also allows you to drive what we call Artics or tractor and trailer units. Both can be up to 44 tons maximum gross weight or 97,000lbs.
This is an artic.
Takes me back to Euro Truck Sim 2, lol. What country are you from?
We don't really have gross weight "limits" here per se (the DOT still enforces weights per axle though). So long as one has the axle, it's weight is added to the gross allowable total. In Alberta for instance, tri-drive tractor units are not uncommon (i.e 8x6). In the US, there are limits on number of axles without permits (I think the most they can have is a tandem drive tractor with a tri-axle trailer, anything more requires some kind of permit or special registration... but I could be wrong).
With the equipment my company has, the absolute maximum weight we can pull in Canada is 63,500 kg on a B-train setup (two trailers), 46,500 kg on the tri-axle trailer in my sig, or 39,500 kg on a tandem axle trailer. I delivered a load of 3/8" sheet steel yesterday that weighed about 34,000 kg. It was crazy heavy, and took up very little space on the trailer (maybe 3m W x 4m L x .75m H).You drive automatic or manual?
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