axle spread 60

Well having a 60 " spread on your drives is legal.
If you are running heavy haul work, some states will allow you more weight on the drives for your axle spread.

Running regular freight no extra weight allowance I believe.
Just remember turning will be bit different. Not much

 

yea what he said if you are just hauling general freight shouldnt be a problem except maybe it might scrub the tires a litte more when turning but not enough to be worried about. might have to put the 5th wheel a little farther ahead to get enough weight on steer to.

 

A local guy here is looking for one with a big spread. He's looking to replace a truck with a lime spreader body and he replaces the duals with big floats. Needs the axles spread to clear the tires. Might just have to move one of the axles since they're getting hard to find.

 

FMCSR 658.5 definition of "Tandem axle":
Tandem Axle Weight. The total weight transmitted to the road by two or more consecutive axles whose centers may be included between parallel transverse vertical planes spaced more than 40 inches and not more than 96 inches apart, extending across the full width of the vehicle.

If the center of your axles is less than 96 inches apart, that is considered a "Tandem axle" for weight laws. If the centers are more than 96 inches apart they are considered as two single axles and can get the "Spread axle" benefit.

60 inch spread would be a Tandem.

 

Correct unless your pulling permit loads then they allow you more weight. Ohio I believe is something like 1k per inch. I have one truck with a 4'6" spread and it can haul 2k more legally on the drives than the others with 4'4" spread. Some states do not use the federal bridge law for their state routes, KY is one and I believe PA doesn't either.

 

You are going to need to check with each State, as they have State laws that may vary. I would be afraid to tell you one blanket answer and a State like Arkansas would not be like my State.

 

Make it easy. Yes you can, standard is 10ft spread here but a lot of companies went to 60 in so they could run CN. With a 10 ft spread you cannot run into CN.They just gotta be different to my satisfaction, I don't want to run 62 MPH anyway when you can run 75.

 

Since when?

 

Only in the western areas, and I think they're still legal there but have a very limited weight allowances, like 20k.