OT- Determining Axle Capacity

Posted by Can't even use my name on November 02, 2004 at 04:44:34 from (66.228.102.182):

Just got ourselves a nice '83 Brigadier. Found a nice 20' grain bed and hoist for it too. Now, the problem is how much the chassis will handle. Bed will hold close to 700 bushel, about 40K, of corn. However, the GVW on the off the tag on the truck says Front Axle is 12K and rears are 34K, 46K total. Truck empty weighs 19K. So clearly loaded full I would be way over GVW. Now, the thing is that the front tandem has a working odometer on it and it reads different than the truck odometer, thinkin maybe someone put different axles under it. So finally to the question, is there some way of determining axle capacity... measuring, ID tag on axle, other way? Is it possible that just the springs are rated for only 34K and have heavier axles? And just how much can you go over rated capacity and be safe? Sorry for rambling on, had a lot of Mt. Dew during league bowling last night!

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• Re: OT- Determining Axle Capacity Leland 18:55:29 11/02/04 (2)
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    • Re: OT- Determining Axle Capacity Leland 16:11:12 11/03/04 (0)
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