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20,000 tons
14,000 lbs
5,000
Need more info, are you building a flatbed for a truck, out of wood or steel, or a flatbed trailer, are you building it yourself, are you paying someone to build it for you?
Legally, in the US, it's typically between 43,000 and 48,000 lbs of payload. The max legal interstate weight is 80,000 lbs. for the truck, trailer, and payload. How much the actual payload comes out to depends on the empty weight of the vehicle and trailer, and that'll be affected by a number of factors, such as the frame length of the truck, what the trailer is made of (steel or aluminum), etc.
In the vicinity of 9,000 - 10,000 lbs.. more weight of course if it's a refrigerated and insulated trailer.
Specifics? Tandem, tridem, steel, aluminum, 45', 48', 53'? Generally, you're looking at 15,000 - 19,000 lbs, depending on specifics.
You'd be looking in the range of 10,000 - 11,000 lbs, with 11,000 being more likely for a trailer with a headboard attached to it, and you can expect about an 800 - 1000 lb. reduction for a trailer without one. Assuming the construction is steel with wood floor.
Assuming you're referring to a 53' semi trailer, 41,000 - 43,000 lbs. for an 80k combination is typical.
Howo much does a 24 foot Yukon travel trailer weigh?
For interstate travel in the US without requiring oversize permits, the gross weight is 80,000 lbs. What that translates to in cargo weight depends on the vehicle's tare (empty) weight. Typically, a truck with a flatbed trailer will be good for 45,000 - 48,000 lbs., and a truck pulling a dry box can typically haul 43,000 - 45,000 lbs. of freight.
The articulation point (the fifth wheel) allows the tractor and trailer to pivot, meaning that turns can be made much more sharply than a single vehicle of equal length would be able to. Weight distribution is better, as it is spread out over five (or more) axles which are spaced out from each other. The ability to drop trailers can make for quicker turnaround times, as a driver can drop an empty trailer, and immediately hook up to a loaded trailer. The ability to swap trailers also means that drivers aren't limited to just one trailer type - when running flatbeds for a company which had both flatbed and van trailers, I was able to drop the flatbed and pick up a van trailer if there was no flatbed freight to be found in the area I was in.