What is he hauling that. Needs 4 axels on a tanker or is this normal?

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Red_Leader_86@reddit

Here's an article to read if your really interested in the explanation https://www.nhvr.gov.au/road-access/performance-based-standards/quad-axle-group-vehicle-combinations#:~:text=By%20spreading%20the%20weight%20over,containers%20more%20efficiently%20by%20rail.&text=Fewer%20trucks%20are%20needed%20to,trauma%20and%20cuts%20engine%20emissions

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JazzlikeHovercraft75@reddit (OP)

Thx will do , I’m studying engineering I love this kinda stuff

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Blackfx4x4@reddit

More axles = more allowed weight. There's also a lift axle on the tractor by the drives. Could be pushing 120,000 lbs or more gross weight. Depends on the state and the way they do things. Michigan will let you gross up to 164,000 across 11 axles if you can do it. We've got super tankers with 8 axles for hauling milk, fuel, water, liquid propane.

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xxxams@reddit

Milk= from the titty to the city

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Lumpy_Stand27@reddit

SE Michigan. For those times when you think Toledo roads suck.

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DashaTankovich@reddit

As a Michigander I can confirm 😂

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GentleAnusTickler@reddit

Don’t tell the hardcore guys who play truck sim that the tractor has a lift axle. For some reason they really fucking vilify people for it.

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Blackfx4x4@reddit

Oh no. People in a world of make believe upset about reality? The horror. /s

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NomadTruckerOTR@reddit

I'm trying to imagine bringing 164,000lbs of milk to a stop on i75 outside Detroit after a drunk lions fan cuts you off

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Jaded-Environment-95@reddit

I was a rolling and a-strolling Reeling with the feeling Moving and a-grooving Splishing and a-splashing

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J-Kensington@reddit

A stop? I've watched those trailers pop tires just making a *turn* before. Don't f**k with the milkman. Unless you're a lonely housewife or a Jewish fiddler, anyway.

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narwhal-narwhal@reddit

He ded

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bunssnowman@reddit

When there are more than two axles in tandem does the weight per axle go down like how single is 20k then twin is 17k per etc?

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Western-Willow-9496@reddit

It depends on the set up, my lift axle is 20k.

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thegreatbanjini@reddit

172k now with the right config and annual permit.

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NovacaineFix@reddit

Yep, saw a milk tanker next to me scaling in at 123,000 pounds, axle set up like this. Idaho

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Uhohlolol@reddit

It’s interesting to know the names of different truck combinations around the world You call 8 axles super tankers Up here I’m just called a Super-B 9 axle is a Queen-B 10 axle is a King-B Queens and kings are mostly for molten sulfur and copper ore etc

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Blackfx4x4@reddit

Whether super tanker is a legit common name for them here in Michigan, I'm not sure. That's what I call them. Gravel trains (two dump trailers), steel trains (multiple flatbed hauling steel in various forms) are common though. I'm sure there's more nicknames for combos here in Michigan than I'm aware of. Some call the 45-53 foot trailers with multiple axles centipedes, which I understand from all the axles. In Michigan, in state, they recognize axle load, not gross weight. So if it scales out per axle, it's legit.

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bellmaker33@reddit

Propane and propane accessories.

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SomnambulistPilot@reddit

I tell you hwut... Classic. Thanks for making me smile , friend. Have a lovely day.

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bellmaker33@reddit

Son, you have got to learn the value of a dollar. Glad to share some humor!

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L0quence@reddit

I do propane delivery. Just tandem axle truck tho haha

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LadyPlasma@reddit

Mmmhm raw crude. Michigan train.

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amerimex91@reddit

Yuuup

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Much_Comfortable_438@reddit

Liquid Helium.

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Dunk546@reddit

Dangit bobby, every damn thread.

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Independent_Ruin_519@reddit

6 AM and already the boy ain't right.

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JazzlikeHovercraft75@reddit (OP)

Yeah I load flat beds (I’m a crane operator) so I get the principle , I just didn’t realize there was a need there for multiple axel tankers , just woah on that weight , the most I’ve loaded on a trailer was 38000kg

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PeteinaPete@reddit

You do know you can run 105500 in Or Wa Id Ut but you need 8 axels

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GrayAntarctica@reddit

Utah is up to 129500.

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JazzlikeHovercraft75@reddit (OP)

I’m in UT visiting, but I did not know that , in Kentucky (where I work) our company policy was anything over 20000kg required a 3 or more axel flatbed. We usually ship “local” to Indiana, Tennessee, Chicago (where I’m at college) , Alabama , and Texas

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HerburtThePervert@reddit

We speak American and use pounds here bubba

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JazzlikeHovercraft75@reddit (OP)

Approximately 80000 Big Macs

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billlybufflehead@reddit

Touche. He couldn’t have a comeback for that one. Checkmate.

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matwithone_t@reddit

What's the ratio to big gulp and waffle house syrup?

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JazzlikeHovercraft75@reddit (OP)

Hell if I know

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euMonke@reddit

Weird flex, but okay.

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CoolTemperature1602@reddit

Non-haz. No placards.

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LT-buttnaked@reddit

Cream

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whubbard@reddit

Heavy Cream

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DashaTankovich@reddit

Why doesn’t this have more upvotes 😂😂

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ursisterstoy@reddit

The extra axles are for extra weight but this is probably some sort of food item like water, milk, or liquid sugar. No visible placards so it’s probably safe and it doesn’t look like it is a baffled or bulkheaded tanker so it’s probably a smooth bore food tanker. I’m not sure how many gallons that is but if it’s milk and it’s more than 5000 gallons the extra axles make sense. A gallon of milk weighs 8.6 pounds so an 8000 gallon tank could be up to 68,800 pounds fully loaded or about 23,800 pounds more than could normally loaded into an empty van trailer but these extra axles would help with that extra weight without forcing them to leave the tanks only half full.

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WatersEdge50@reddit

This guy maths

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ursisterstoy@reddit

Always.

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hesslake@reddit

We haul 100000 pounds of raw milk on 8 axle tankers

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Thefornicatingmoose@reddit

Awww that’s cute… up in Canada we do 140000 lbs on 5 axle trains

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AaronTuplin@reddit

And that's why Hwy 2 feels like an unimproved trail path

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narwhal-narwhal@reddit

Well, it's 1.35 Canadian pounds to one U.S. pound...

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hesslake@reddit

Yeah but your not grossing 168000

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Thefornicatingmoose@reddit

Says you. I put 113000 diesel on last week

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hesslake@reddit

In Ontario

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Thefornicatingmoose@reddit

Quebec

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ursisterstoy@reddit

That’s a lot of milk but good to know I might have guessed correctly about what’s going on in OP’s picture

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d_whitewidow@reddit

Im gonna guess milk, or maybe a cooking oil, etc? Looks like a food-grade tanker

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Savedbythetimewarp@reddit

This is my guess as well I hauled milk for a while and saw these used all the time.

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Top_Mycologist_3224@reddit

This

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96ToyotaCamry@reddit

In Michigan we have tankers with axles that take up nearly the whole length of the trailer 😂

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blankshootin@reddit

I'm from Michigan, and I pull an 8 axle tanker.

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DelAlternateCtrl@reddit

Fireball tanker

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MinneaPoleBj@reddit

That’s a milk/cream tanker. Fully loaded can be up to 99,000 (depending on state). Needs those axles to distribute weight.

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SidewaysGoose57@reddit

Really? Trucks like this are all over the northwest.

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love_to_eat_out@reddit

Northwest. Northeast. Midwest. Southeast. Canada land.

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MetalShaper68@reddit

Heavy Whip?

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ComparisonGeneral825@reddit

Frost law's so you don't break up the road 👍🙋🚛

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OBlockBoogie@reddit

My depression.

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albertyiphohomei@reddit

Liquid gold

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LRG-PHANTOM@reddit

My guess is something else non related to liquid gold. I used to insulate and re skin liquid gold tankers. They're a little wider normally.

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RyanandRoxy@reddit

God yes 🙏

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DistinctRole1877@reddit

Trichloroethylene is really heavy, 12 lbs a gallon vs 8 lbs a gallon for water. Perhaps he's hauling something like that?

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asu3dvl@reddit

Blinker-fluid.

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Chaps_Jr@reddit

The plight of BMW drivers everywhere

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JazzlikeHovercraft75@reddit (OP)

No way , there’s no demand for it

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Beanz_detected@reddit

Brother, I've seen tankers loaded down with air axles that take up the entire available frame apart from the kingpin.

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Leto_ll@reddit

We put soybean oil in these

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JusgementBear@reddit

Lube for your mom

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BearsAteMyGarbage@reddit

Allows extra weight in the tank by not weighing too much on any one axle. Smaller drop axles are rated for 9.5k, I'm not sure if these are the same since they look full sized. Head to the PNW or NV/UT/MT and you will see them everywhere. We drop the axles when we're heavy but if we're light or empty we raise them. In really bad ice some people will raise the one on the truck to push more weight onto the steers and drives even though it's illegal.

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oDANGASMo@reddit

Super tanker. I used to run fire retardant for airplanes for wild fires. That shit is heavy. Could only load them a little over halfway and had to feel the surge cause they were loaded on smooth boar trailers.

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Teknojnky@reddit

I drive similar types of trailers. 2017 Cascadia day cab with a 4 axle trailer loaded with caustic soda I weigh 119500lbs.

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rec_life@reddit

In Soviet Russia, you no drive tank. Tank drive you.

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DashaTankovich@reddit

Probably milk since I don’t see any placards

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joebicycle1953@reddit

Most these people are talking about the hole in the standard highway a lot of times what the reason why they are there extra axles is they're going on roads have a lower axle weight limits For the most part it's a 10 ton axle weight limit on the main highways but you can get some rolls where there's only a 5 ton axle weight limit So he may only be carrying them 80,000 pounds but because the Warner roadster going on has a 5-ton axle weight limit and they don't want to bother switching vehicles when they go on the lighter weight road

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Jessi_longtail@reddit

So depending on the state will determine the amount of weight this setup can be permitted to haul. Perfect example, in NY where I run, my quad axle dump trailer is permitted to 117,000lbs gross.

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Kaaaaack626@reddit

Looks like he’s hauling ass if anything 😲

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MrOddYazz@reddit

Depends on the density of the liquid inside. Everything has a specific gravity.

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killerdude1989@reddit

I haul milk over in Ohio Indiana we have both tri split axel and tandems we have over weight permits for both kinds so we are hauling up to 82000/83000 in our big tri axel with permits

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Plus_Share_6631@reddit

No placards, probably fertilizer, some of the stuff I haul weighs 12 lbs a gallon. I'm limited because the 80,000 lb max gvw. I can only haul 4,500 gallons, alot of farmers have 6,000 gallon holding tanks. With that set up depending on the state could easily haul the full 6,000 gallons.

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srqfl@reddit

What's he hauling that needs 4 axles? Yo mama!

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ianbuck17@reddit

I was gonna say milk. But I changed my answer to bulls milk

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CunningStunts@reddit

That’s a lot of puddin’

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MatrimonyAcrimony@reddit

*heavy* cream?

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oddball541991@reddit

Judging by the gravel dust and lack of hose storage, I'm guessing milk.

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RobertsFakeAccount@reddit

Your mom’s bath water.

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HorrorBuffNut@reddit

Something heavy...

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Hazerdesly@reddit

Beaides the milk, I have cleaned countless of these out for a living, anf it could be anything from hot sauce to chiciolate to rosin.

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GainfulyUnemployed@reddit

If you think that 4 axles on a trailer is a lot, Google Michigan fuel tank trailers. If there's space for an axle, you better believe there will be one there.

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LemonOilFoil@reddit

Normal

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Olscat268@reddit

They do that in Michigan to spread the weight out. If that is where this was.

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kwtransporter66@reddit

2 pusher axles to allow more weight.

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Uhohlolol@reddit

I don’t see any placards, he’s probably hauling some non-regulated non-TDG product. Could just be fresh water or anything of the sort

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stripperjnasty@reddit

Milk probably

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Avid_Smoker@reddit

Whole milk. Not that lightweight 2% shit.

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PossibleBig2562@reddit

Smooth bore milk tank.

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Present-Ambition6309@reddit

Left over vaccines, headed to the Hamptons to dump. 😂

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Swimming_Outcome2990@reddit

milk is heavy

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Tactical_Grifter@reddit

Probably hauling milk. Raw milk is heavy af

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North-Huckleberry347@reddit

Something heavy. Stuff I haul is typically 10-14lbs per gallon, if i was to run 7000 gallons I'd need two extra axles to be legal. No idea what he could be hauling theres lots of non haz stuff thats just..heavy.

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