Spread Axle Weight Laws

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Jeremy P.'s Comment
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Ok so with a 53 foot spread axle flat bed trailer, am I allowed to have up to 40,000 in total between the spread axle in combination or am I not supposed to be over 20,000 on either axle of the spread? Thanks!

Jeremy P.'s Comment
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What I mean is it legal to have more than 20,000 on one of the two spread axles as long as they don't exceed 40,000 in combined weight?

Old School's Comment
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Each axle is limited to 20,000 pounds. Sometimes when I am really close to 40,000 pounds on my spread axles and passing over a scale, they will ask me to split the axles onto two separate platforms of the scale. They are checking to make sure I am not over that 20,000 pound threshold on one of those axles.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
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