A standard truck (tractor with semi-trailer) can carry no more than 22 tons
of cargo. Now we will explain in detail why so much.
Inexperienced carriers and customers may wonder - how much does a trucktransport? There are also many questions of this kind on the Internet in
various forums. I will try in this article to answer in detail the question -
how many tons of cargo can a truck carry?
How much cargo can a truck carry?
First of all, you need to figure out what a “wagon” is. In public, a wagon
is called a tractor with a standard semi-trailer, which has dimensions of 13.6
x 2.5 x 2.5 (length-width-height). The most popular semi-trailers with us are
SCHMITZ, KRONE, KOGEL, WIELTON, KASSBOHRER. Surely many of you have seen such a
train.
Now let's figure out how much cargo a truck can carry. According to the Traffic
Regulations of Ukraine (paragraph 22.5) and the Rules for the transport of
oversized cargo, the total actual mass of the train will not exceed 38 tons.
We will carry out small calculations. As a rule, the tractor (“head”)
weighs 7-7.5 tons, and the semi-trailer also weighs about 7.5 tons (it all
depends on the vehicle model). Thus, the total weight of the tractor and the
empty semi-trailer is 14-15 tons. From this, it indicates that the truck cantransport from 23 (38 - 15) to 24 (38 - 14) tons of cargo.
However, the permissible axle load must also be taken into account.
According to the same traffic regulations of USA, the maximum permissible
load on a single axle should not exceed 11 tons, on a dual axis - 16 tons, on a
axle - 22 tons (for container ships, the load on a single axis is 11 tons, dual
axes - 18 tons, built ones 24 tons).
Axes are considered to be double or built if the distance between them does
not exceed 2.5 meters.
As a rule, a standard semi-trailer has three axles, so no more than 22 tons
of cargo can be transported in it, otherwise, there will be an overload, which
leads to the imposition of fines. As the auto train will not pass weight
control.
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