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Customer Tips Axle Weight Specs
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Axle Weight Limits
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When a Schneider National tractor-trailer stops at a D.O.T. scale, each of its axle groups is weighed individually. No individual axle group may exceed its authorized weight limit. |
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Adjusting Axle Weights
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Schneider equips all its tractors with sliding fifth wheels and all its trailers with sliding tandems. By adjusting the positions of the fifth wheel and the trailer tandems, the weight of the load can be re-
distributed among the three axle groups, enabling
the maximum payload to be carried, while still
complying with axle weight limits.
The majority of our competitors' over-the-road
equipment is outfitted with stationary fifth wheels
and fixed tandems, reducing loading flexibility and weight-carrying potential. |
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