48,000 lbs of payload, or 48,000 lbs gross weight (vehicle + payload)?
For 48,000 lbs. of payload, some five axle combinations can haul that legally, although that is cutting it a bit close. We're talking a fairly short wheelbase tractor, and aluminum flatbed with ten foot spread axle (spread axles can have a total of 40,000 lbs, vs. 34,000 lbs for tandem axles). If it pushes your total vehicle weight over 80,000 lbs, then you'll need an oversize permit, even with a five axle setup.
As for 48,000 gross vehicle weight, any tandem axle straight truck would do.
For any truck, it is supposed to be such that all axles of the group hold a similar amount of load to achieve an evenly distributed load. You need to use scales at floor level to measure the load values depending on the air pressure.
Front to back... unlike open deck trailers (flatbeds, RGNs, etc), van trailers typically have sliding tandems to balance out the load and adjust load distribution over the trailer and drive axles. Anything more specific, and we'd need to have an idea of what the commodity is.
Five. One for each wheel, one for the cranks and one for each pedal.
tons a 10 wheeler will hold depends on the configuration of the truck. a lot has to do with the distance of the axles from each other. when loading a truck to get correct weight the load is distributed to get proper weight over axles. but benerally a 10 wheeler is only tagged to gross 54 ooo pounds. so with that you need to subtract the weight of the empty truck to find out what the actual payload will be
No. At the very least you need a bike with solid, nutted axles.
You will need to contact each state for the toll amounts. For trucks the toll is reliant on the number of axles. The usual truck/tractor has 3 axles and a trailer will also have two axles so the rate would be for 5 axles.
The amount of weight they'll carry on those axles dictates whether or not they need single or tandem axles.
you may have a transmission problem. See the axles will break to save the transmission from damage. Or you might need to change the bushings on the suspension.
Need to know if 2 wheel or 4 wheel drive for the front. Either way, there is no nut on the back axles.
When you're hauling a load which puts you over the legal gross weight of 80,000 lbs; when you have a load which may not put you over gross, but may put you over the allotted weight on an axle or set of axles, and which cannot be adjusted to make the combination compliant; if the load if more than 102 inches wide; if the overall height is greater than the statutory height of the state(s) you're driving through; if the overall length of the vehicle in tow is more than 53 feet
Loud clicking noise when you turn the wheels.
I dont personally know but if you go to www.neons.org, click on the forums link. search around there, many people have done it.