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It depends on where you live and what MTO or DOT that you deal with.....



Wayne

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Ok, if you are ordering a tractor whether a tandem or tri-axle wheelbase is always measured from the center of steer axle to center of rearmost axles. middle of rear tandem. When you are getting a dot inspection or ordering a oversize load permit they want axle spacings which you measure center of steer to center of each hub. This pertains to the entire USA. May be different in another country but wouldn't think so

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Hey bo if you spec a truck like that it would be a little short, you gotta go in between axles to accurately measure or order a truck but that would be how to order a single axle

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Hey cabs.
I am not trying to spec a truck. Just wondering how and what rules there is out there.
I am curious like bigford is

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I know just trying to give the best explanation I can. I have a big part in our truck orders and all I do is oversize loads. I read that post and saw how he wrote it was incorrect, just trying to point out how its done. dot goes by whats called axle spacings for length truck dealers will go by wheel base. Just trying to help point you in the right direction

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Awesome cabs.
Iv'e operated trucks and construction equipment for 30 years.
And when you think you know the rules some smarta$$ change it all.
The best thing i did was to start haul oversized loads all over europa. permit is a good thing when a good office handle them. and it's so technical so not even the polis understand it all. 15 years not one ticket. :cop:

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thats great, now you have no choice. You get tickets when 99.9 percent is right. Its such a frequently asked question about wb and axle spacings. Hope that helped

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Yes sir.
I'm done 1/1 hauling going for RC Truck Hauling in the future.....no:cop:there yet :lol:

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center steer to middle of the rears gives my
wheel lift truck a 342" wheelbase

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The only thing the cops actually look at on the over sized permits is the routes,

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Really, since when. I wish that was a fact here. Anytime they pull you in to do a full dot with a super load they break out the tape. NY PA and MD for sure. I got my permit yanked on 9w in Newburgh NY with a crane for being 3" off on my steer to lift axle last year.

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hauling oversized is no joke any more!!! i was hauling a wide track
excavator with out a escort this cop ripped me apart for 4" overhang on both sides of the trailer
i had strobes flags

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Seriously,, I guess they just dont bother us as much because we are a utility,, They dont check anything on us

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they wont bug your company out of respect...