Re: OT Rail vs truck was Re: OT - Re: Program templates as Object

Robert Wagner wrote:

> On 2 Jan 2005 20:28:23 -0800, "Richard" <riplin@Azonic.co.nz> wrote:
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> More important is weight per axle. Roads are designed for max 20,000
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> heavy axles. Doubles and triples spread the load over more than four.
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> Something's wrong here. A normal semi is 60 feet long.
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> The Indiana rules for doubles and triples do not specify maximum
> length for the vehicle, only for trailers. In practice, a triple is
> 105 feet and a long double is 110 feet.
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> www.in.gov/dor/mcs/pdfs-forms/m233t.pdf
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> Guinness shows the longest truck to be 4053 feet long with 87
> trailers. That comes to 47 feet per, which is similar to the standard
> US length of 48 feet. So you're right, an NT triple is 160 feet.

Where in Australia did this truck run and how?  What is the normal
maximum and what road restrictions are there?
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> You're right.
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> It's about lane width. Long trucks require 12 foot lanes because the
> rear trailers drift side to side. The traditional width of public
> roads in the US is 8-10 feet, which is too narrow.

Standard freeway lane width in the United States and Canada is 12 feet
with a maximum vehicle width of 8 feet six inches.  Interstate buses in
the United States used to be restricted to 8 feet wide.
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