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What's a 6 Ton Running Board?

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Sean Garnett

11-08-2000 08:26:43




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The guy at the farm equipment store told me my trailer hubs are from a 6 ton running board. He looked up the part number on a wheel bearing to identify it. The trailer was built by a farmer (I bought it at auction). My question is, what is a 6 ton running board (curiosity), and what is the likely weight rating per hub? I have no idea how many wheels it might have or how the weight is distributed. I could barely understand the guy and it was near closing time, so I didn't ask for an explanation.

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JoeK

11-08-2000 08:45:54




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 Re: What's a 6 Ton Running Board? in reply to Sean Garnett, 11-08-2000 08:26:43  
I would suspect this is from a 6ton running "gear",which would a wagon frame built to
carry a 6ton load distributed on 4 wheels.Therefore 6ton(12000lbs)divided by 4wheels
= appx 3000lb per hub or 6000lb per axle.Keep in mind that these are probably not"high speed" assemblies like used on road trailers and will not take highway speeds,at least the old ones didn't.



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JoeK....more thoughts

11-08-2000 13:19:18




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 Re: Re: What's a 6 Ton Running Board? in reply to JoeK, 11-08-2000 08:45:54  
Or thinking further,if this is a tandem(2)axle trailer,could be from rear of 6wheel running gear
wagon(2 front-4 rear).That would change the math a bit,12000 divided by 6wheels=2000lb(1Ton)per
hub.



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Sean Garnett

11-08-2000 14:50:29




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 Re: Re: Re: What's a 6 Ton Running Board? in reply to JoeK....more thoughts, 11-08-2000 13:19:18  
It's a two-wheel trailer, but only the hubs and bed (old Chevy) are salvaged. The axle and frame are built from steel I-beam and channel stock. The tires limit it to about 1 ton per wheel anyway, and it sounds like the hubs should be safe to at least a ton each. I'm not too worried about limited highway speed use, because the hubs are built just like an automotive hub with heavy inner and (smaller) outer roller bearings.

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