The axle load of a wheeled vehicle is the total weight bearing on the roadway for all wheels connected to a given axle. Axle load is an important design...

4-6-2, 16.75-ton axle load Class WM: 2-6-4T, 16.25-ton axle load Class WT: 2-8-4T, 18.00-ton axle load Class WU: 2-4-2T, 16.50-ton axle load Class WV: 2-6-2T...

weight, number of axles, axle spacing, and axle load. In addition to the standard hypothetical wheeled vehicles, a maximum single-axle load is specified for...

oversized transportation. There may also be load-per-axle limits. However, a load that exceeds the per-axle limits but not the overall weight limits is...

bus), or more rarely, four (known as a quad-axle bus). Extra axles are usually added for legal axle load restriction reasons, or to accommodate different...

greater the axle load of a vehicle, the stress on the road caused by the motor vehicle increases in proportion to the fourth power of the axle load. This law...

exception to this rule, is the independent (rear) swing axle suspension, wherein the half-axles are also load-bearing suspension arms. Independent drive-trains...

purposes. These include: Cars are weighed to ensure they are within the axle load limits of the railroad. Cars are weighed to determine (by subtracting...

formula does not reduce axle load allowance, rather gross vehicle weight (GVW), which can affect load distribution and actual axle weights. "Curb Weight...

several axles; and a multi-ratio transmission (10, 13, or 18 gears) for maximum flexibility in gearing. The tractor–trailer combination distributes a load across...