Five foot wide?
A six foot six axle measured hub face to hub face is about right.
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What you need are 4 foot 10 inch ish spring pads.
I allways call my axle supplier and ask them what they can build me. A new axle for my 4 foot wide quad/Golf cart/toy trailer cost about $180.
Standens axle Calagary Alberta big thumbs up!
A ten foot spread axle trailer is allowed 20,000 lbs. per axle, for a total of 40,000 lbs.
An 18' Aluminum Single Axle Trailer is 575 lb.Bruce at All American Trailers
With a ten foot spread, you can have up to 40,000 lbs. total on the trailer axles, but no more than 20,000 lbs on each individual axle.
The width allowed depends on if you are talking about with or without a permit. Without a permit the width is 8 foot 2 inches. If you are driving anything bigger you need to get a permit and abide by special rules.
It depends on the use of the trailer as to what it will be used for. This is the baasic factor which will help in deciding the size and use of the commodity. A handyman who looks for a trailer may choose a 5 foot wide axle in order to fit his tools. A race car driver may need a 8 foot tandem axle trailerwith ramp and tread plates for his race car. So it is important to know what will be the enclosed trailer used for. The trailer weight can be about 250 lbs.
10,000 lbs. to 20,000 lbs. Some are made to be particularly lightweight, and some are armored.
Your tractor drive tandems could weigh in at 34,000 lbs, but you could only have 20,000 lbs. on the single axle of the trailer.
The total square footage inside a 53 foot semi trailer is about 3,400 square feet. This space can only be fully occupied if the semi truck and trailer weight combined is 80,000 pounds or less. Federal law regulates how much a loaded semi truck and trailer can weigh. There are also limits on axle weight to arrive at this total. It is 12,000 for steer tires, 34,000 for drives, and 34,000 for tandem axles.
The dimensions of a 53 foot trailer are a length of 6.3m, a height of 0.94m and a width of 1.02m.
48 foot trailer: 3000 cu. ft. or 30,000 lbs 53 foot trailer: 3400 cu. ft. or 34,000 lbs.
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