The most common North American 6x4 tractor and tandem trailer combinations have a total of five axles, as do the most common European/Asian/North African configurations of 4x2 tractor and tridem trailer.
Three or more. I've run units with 21 axles before. A typical line haul truck has five.
For a typical, fivee axle combination (three axles on the power unit, two axles on the trailer), it's 18.
17,000 - 20,000 lbs.
Varies according to wheelbase of the power unit, and the bridge length between the drive axles and trailer axles.
The power unit has a steer axle, and only one drive axle.
a truck or tractor with two rear axles both of which are being driven by the engine not just one of them
You call it a semi because it pulls a semi trailer.A semi is a type of trailer. A semi-trailer, as opposed to a full trailer, means it only has axles at the rear of the trailer and a full trailer has axles at the front and rear of the trailer. We call these in the UK "drags", as in wagon and drag, where the wagon that pulls the drag can carry a load on its own, whereas the semi-trailer truck, or tractor unit cannot carry anything without a trailer.
This question is a little vague. How many axles it has depends on the configuration, naturally. It might have two axles, it might have eight or more.
Three - the two drive axles, and the steer axle.
The "tandem" part means it has two drive axles, although it is possible for a tandem truck to be a 6x2 vehicle, and have only one of those be a live axle.
To be legal for interstate travel with no extra permits the legal limit is 80,000 lbs. 20,000 lbs on single axles, 34,000 on dual axles. 12,000 on the steer axle .
Bad mount on the steers, worn/loose/damaged steering components, axles out of alignment.