Needing to know weight per axle(dump)

Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes

5 axles in 38 feet only allows a 72,000 gross weight. 37 feet is 71,000 gross. I want to say they round up, but if that isn't correct you'd be 1K overweight if you're at 72K. I'm guessing you're pulling a short little 28' trailer, in which case you really should register as a special hauling vehicle (edit: I guess that's what you meant by "shv" ) in which case you get a 72k gross without having to worry about bridge law...that way you won't have to worry about which way the officer is going to round your 37.5'.

 

20k on a single axle. 34k on a tandem. 72k gross with the shv registration. It's all explained in the link I posted.

 

Im glad you got it for 80K gross.

What you are being taught by Bulldog is another layer to the bridge law. The length of your vehicle. The wheel base. You can be any weight below 80K and be overweight if you do not have enough axles or are too short carrying too much dense material such as stone.

There should be a registration plate on your dump truck door jamb, there is stamped a gross weight rating for it.

If I had a mack dump with a steer and a tandem under the bed, it's going to be only 12K + 34K = 46000 gross roughly.

Here is another wrinkle... depending on where you are the weight capacity rating stamped on your tire sidewalls will determine what your steer can carry. I had a spread axle trailer with 10 feet between them, with 8 tires rated at 6000 pounds each, I could put 40,000 pounds back there at 20K per axle even if it was a 48 footer on my tractor. That was a advantage at times back then.

Ive said enough, follow what Bulldog linked and read it and soak it in. Your dump work day will depend on what you know someday when the Man is standing next to you thinking about weights and tickets potentially.