How much does a fully loaded grain truck weigh?

Answer 1

Feed truck...

Mine is a western star tractor and a tandom axel trailer with a belly auger and stinger 8 bins holding 3 metric tonne feed each. Truck empty is 16 tonne. This makes for a truck that can be over 90,000lbs!

Answer 2

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I am a loader on the back of a garbage truck in Smithville, ON, Canada. There are a few different ways to answer this question. a garbage trucks' weight fully loaded, depends upon a few different specifications.

1) There are 3 different cubic yard sized boxes... the inside of the box where the garbage is stored.

2) The type of material being loaded on the truck.

Example... straight garbage, leaf and yard, food waste, or recycling... bottles and cans, or paper and cardboard.

~ Garabage generally packs well if you only fill the hopper half full and then cycle. Leaf and yard and food waste is the same way.

~ Paper and cardboard do not generally pack well, because of the wasted air space in the cardboard. unless it's soaking wet.

~ There is a 4 ton limit in place for bottles and cans, because the glass gets crushed in with the plastic and the people cant sort it... so that's why you cant have more than 4 ton for that.

3) The pressure of the hydraulic pump on the truck.

If the pressure is higher, you will be able to hold more weight on the truck.

Less pressure = less weight. With more hydraulic pressure the compaction rating gets higher, meaning you can pack more weight on the truck.

4) The type of truck being loaded.

I have experience working on rear-packs (single stream and 60/40 splits), side loaders.

Side loaders hold generally 5 to 6 tons.

Generally, the fully loaded weight ranges anywhere from 5-6 tons ~ a side loader

10 to 22 tons ~ a single-stream rear pack

and 9 tons + 11 tons on a 60/40 splitter or 10 tons + 8 tons on a 60/40