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vintageray · 01-12-2010, 07:48 PM

Ooops, I meant to say my Eaton drive axle is rated at 19,000. But your only allowed 18,000 on a single axle or 34 on a tandem anyway. My axles are about as heavy as they get for normal highway use. I do have a set of 40,000# Rockwells on KW 8 bag air ride, but would rather use the Eaton drive axle from the Pete. Couldn't legally put more weight any single drive axle. Steering axle is 12,000, same as any 18 wheeler. They do use heavier steering axles and tires on cement trucks and other vehicles. I pulled limestone in the Chicago area for a few years and could tell some stories about Illinois and dump trucks.
My main question has to do with where the weight is going to be distributed if I do this conversion. If it goes to the drive axle I'll be OK. That's only got 11,000 on it now.

01-12-2010, 07:48 PM	#14
vintageray Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 18	Ooops, I meant to say my Eaton drive axle is rated at 19,000. But your only allowed 18,000 on a single axle or 34 on a tandem anyway. My axles are about as heavy as they get for normal highway use. I do have a set of 40,000# Rockwells on KW 8 bag air ride, but would rather use the Eaton drive axle from the Pete. Couldn't legally put more weight any single drive axle. Steering axle is 12,000, same as any 18 wheeler. They do use heavier steering axles and tires on cement trucks and other vehicles. I pulled limestone in the Chicago area for a few years and could tell some stories about Illinois and dump trucks. My main question has to do with where the weight is going to be distributed if I do this conversion. If it goes to the drive axle I'll be OK. That's only got 11,000 on it now. __________________ I do all my own stunts.