Big and Shinny

Adirondack case guy

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This grain trailer pulled in up at the farm this afternoon to load up with corn.
It is the biggest grain trailer that I have ever seen here in this part of NY. I don't know what was under the hood of that KW or PB but it never even moaned as it pulled out onto US 20 and headed west up the hill. It sure was purdy.
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That the same route 20 from Boston to Newport Oregon? I've always lived from a city block to about 6 miles away from it in Northern Illinois.
 
The Cummins N14 Plus in my Freightshaker is kind of that way. I don't care what's behind it, she will pull it in 10th like nothing. Lots of weight over that front axle - it doesn't find its way into many wheat fields. She's like a hog on ice.
 
gab, just letting you know I believe answer to your ? is yes.

U.S. Route 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States highway. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a coast-to-coast route. Spanning 3,365 miles (5,415 km), it is the longest road in the United States,[2] and the route roughly parallels that of Interstate 90 (I-90).

I also grew up along US Rt 20 in LaFayette NY. Had to cross it going from parents to grandparents.
 
Why so many axles on a grain trailer? Typical here is just a tandem rear....80,000 lbs max. In Canada I"ve seen the triple rears.
 
What is your state's max. gross weight? Michigan is (was?) unique, they allowed huge loads rated by the number of axles. I used to go by the Anderson's at Toledo, Ohio. It wasn't unusual to see Michigan haulers there with 2 trailers with many axles similar to this.
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In our litle town those big rigs sometimes take out a fire hydrant... very dramatic, get real wet.
 
how do you keep tires on that red trailer?seems that on tighter turns you would be pulling those front axles sideways?
 
Must be down south somewhere. All our hydrants (MI) have been breakaways for years and don't leak when hit. Even the 80 year old hydrants wouldn't leak when run over.
 
I'll watch for it 1 mile No of US20 in n/central IL. Must be about 1 cup of ceffee east of gab (Belvidere)
 
(quoted from post at 22:39:37 04/29/15) gab, just letting you know I believe answer to your ? is yes.

U.S. Route 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States highway. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a coast-to-coast route. Spanning 3,365 miles (5,415 km), it is the longest road in the United States,[2] and the route roughly parallels that of Interstate 90 (I-90).

I also grew up along US Rt 20 in LaFayette NY. Had to cross it going from parents to grandparents.

The last I knew, US Rt 6 was the longest US highway.
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Jon don't know ware you live in Minn but here in eastern SD you are not in the trucking game if you dont have a pusher tag under your tandem axel tractor and pull double bottoms set up as triple singles on both trailers and the 5th wheel under the pup
 
My wife bought me a book a couple years ago, Historic US Route 20, a journey across America's longest highway. Howdy must have the same book, his statistics are the same as in the book. We been west on interstate 70, 80 and 90 and I want to give rt 20 a try someday.
 
You must be some kind of wizard, a cup of coffee is about right, a little north of Freeport.
 
I guess it is a down South thing but hauling grain here in Tennessee he actually would be to a disadvantage. 80,000 gross weight is it , you can add all the axels you want but no more weight. Heavier the truck is the less the pay load. We operate two 15 axel rigs but only haul permitted heavy equipment. Long as you have 5 axels and license you can gross 80,000
 
That's a fairly new Pete, probably has a 550 or 600 HP Cummins. I run a 2013 W900L KW with a 600 Cummins hauling Gas and Diesel weighing 98K to 102K and that thing is a bear, not much slows it down.
 
A trailer like that is a very common site here. There aren't a lot of trailers with less than 3 axles. I don't know why, but most states restrict truck/trailer weight to 80,000lbs. Doesn't make a lot of sense, given that additional axles would do the trick. In Ontario, you can license a truck/trailer(s) for up to 63,500kg/139,954lbs. You can also get semi-annual over-weight permits and one time permits for "superloads" (Anything over 120,000kg/264,480lbs). And then there's Michigan, where 160,000+lbs is the norm. Just think of all the fuel use and road wear you could avoid by upping the limit to 120,000lbs across the whole country.
 
I like the looks of the new KW 880s. Looks simular to the Coronado Freightliner. I just would not want a tier 4 motor.
 
(quoted from post at 21:26:57 05/01/15) A trailer like that is a very common site here. There aren't a lot of trailers with less than 3 axles. I don't know why, but most states restrict truck/trailer weight to 80,000lbs. Doesn't make a lot of sense, given that additional axles would do the trick. In Ontario, you can license a truck/trailer(s) for up to 63,500kg/139,954lbs. You can also get semi-annual over-weight permits and one time permits for "superloads" (Anything over 120,000kg/264,480lbs). And then there's Michigan, where 160,000+lbs is the norm. Just think of all the fuel use and road wear you could avoid by upping the limit to 120,000lbs across the whole country.

Yeah, we have big, heavy trucks. And terrible roads. I saw a steel hauler with about 200K onboard. He ran over a curb, and cracked it right off. I've seen steel trucks run onto asphalt parking lots, and simply destroy the surface, the wheels sank right into the asphalt.
 
South Dakota has some enormous weight laws if you have enough axles. One guy we cut for in South Dakota had fuel tanker trailers with three and four axles pulled with tractors with two drivers and a tag. One had two drives and two tags. On top of it he pulled a pup tanker behind all that. I live about 15 miles north of HWY 20 here in NWIA. On the harvest we stayed on a motel along 20 in Idaho Falls. I used to travel 20 through Nebraska and Wyoming on my way to Idaho. Didn't take it all the way to Idaho Falls though. Yellowstone slows it down a bit. LOL. Somewhere in the middle of Wyoming I got off 20 and onto 26 and went through Jackson Hole and over the Teton pass and into Driggs Idaho. Neat country. Yeah, I know, I'm reminiscing again.
 

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