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The truck I was driving was a Ford LTS (Louisville Tandem Short ?, it had the front axle "set back" ) with an 18 foot bed. When I was stopped the first time, the cop pulled out a tape measure and said "Let's go measure her".
If I remember correctly, he said to gross 50,000 pounds, it needed to be 18 feet from the center of the front tire to the center of the 2 tandems (thinking that was the rear measuring point, I was at the front), and it sure wasn't much more than 18 feet.
I weighed the front once, when I had a big load on the front, 14,000 pounds and you could sure feel it. GVWR of the truck may have only been 46,000. Probably lucky I didn't get ticketed for that too.
Edit: Now that I think about it, after I talked to the cousin about axle weights a month ago, we didn't go down the interstate to get to the terminal. He may not know any more than I do.
Edited by Ron (Cen. IL.) 1/18/2013 19:19
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