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jjoerger

jjoerger

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US Army
Does anyone have a state by state list of what they consider a truck for the truck speed limits.
I know California is 3 axles or more and Indiana is over 13 tons declared.
 
runrunner

runrunner

Veteran Expediter
jjoerger said:
Does anyone have a state by state list of what they consider a truck for the truck speed limits.
I know California is 3 axles or more and Indiana is over 13 tons declared.
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Are you saying CA doesn't consider a class 7 two axle a truck,I doubt that is true.
 
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jjoerger

jjoerger

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US Army
A two axle truck in California is not considered a truck for speed limit purposes. Ours is a class 8. We called the CHP public information officer to verify.
 
runrunner

runrunner

Veteran Expediter
jjoerger said:
We drive a two axle straight truck with a GVW of 33,000 pounds.
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You are a truck in every state. That is why you must have a class B license. Now you will see signs forbidding trucks with more than two axles from being in certain lanes.
 
runrunner

runrunner

Veteran Expediter
jjoerger said:
A two axle truck in California is not considered a truck for speed limit purposes. Ours is a class 8. We called the CHP public information officer to verify.
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Then you must be correct,but if I drove a two axle class 8 in CA or any state I would follow the truck speed limit.
 
TruckingSurv

TruckingSurv

Seasoned Expediter
If it is tire or axle based, it seems a class 7 or 8 with wide base drives and a lift axle would make you a "non" truck if you have the lift axle up, four tires on the ground then :) It seems a bit convoluted, I would think ANY vehicle at 26001 or heavier would be a truck regardless of the number of tires or axles? I think the safe rule of thumb is you are a truck if you haul freight AND you are over 26000, that will keep you within the law for sure and maybe then some. For CHP to say you don't qualify strikes me as odd since California has some pretty restrictive trucking laws.

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mjmsprt40

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Illinois is a bit weird, you have to obey "truck speed limit" if you're over 8,000 lbs--- but you don't have to scale until you're over 16,000 lbs.

I don't know---- seems to me 33,000 is pushing the limit for a two-axle straight any way you want to slice it. You're asking an awful lot of mere steel to carry so much weight on only two axles.
 
cheri1122

cheri1122

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Driver
Mj: the Sterling I drive is a 33,000 2 axle truck, max load wt 13,000, [though I rarely get close to max wt] and it's been doing fine for more than 3 years now.
I watch the signs: if it specifies 3 axles or more [Ca, Tn, NC, Atlanta loop], I can be in the left lane, though I try not to. It seems some 4 wheelers either don't know how to read signs or count axles, so it's easier to stay out of their way. :rolleyes:
 
runrunner

runrunner

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mjmsprt40 said:
Illinois is a bit weird, you have to obey "truck speed limit" if you're over 8,000 lbs--- but you don't have to scale until you're over 16,000 lbs.

I don't know---- seems to me 33,000 is pushing the limit for a two-axle straight any way you want to slice it. You're asking an awful lot of mere steel to carry so much weight on only two axles.
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33,000 is not absurd for a class 7 two axle truck it is the norm you can carry about a 15,000 lb. payload.
 
runrunner

runrunner

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Vehicles in Class 7 and above require a Class B license to operate in the United States. These include GMC C7500Their GVWR ranges from 26,001 to 33,000 pounds (11,794 to 14,969 kg).
 
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