Only 8.40 m (27’7”) long, yet rated at a colossal gross weight of 34,500 kg (76,059 lbs). That’s the absolute road legal maximum for any chassis with just three axles.
Shorty’s secret weight gain? Terberg’s rear tandem conversion, resulting in a truck with an axle load of 11,500 kg per (drive) axle. Super Heavy Duty 6WD.
I went to the link. The whole system impresses me. Having worked with axle spacing in The U.S., I understand the brilliance of this along with the rear steering axle. The suspension systems are not easily found in the U.S. Yet they make this job more efficient. Thanks for the information, Johannes!
Wow, that is a lot of weight in a relatively small package.
Aside from no doghouse this truck looks very similar to our standard snow plows here in Minnesota. I bet our plow drivers would love rear wheel steering and all its benefits in getting in and out of tight spaces.
Like a road legal Moxy
I had to google that. At first, I only found images of hotels…
But then I found this: https://www.mimico.co.nz/about-us/brands/moxy/
That’s a pretty hefty load for a tandem truck. 54,000 lbs is max load for that configuration and only if the wheelbase is long enough. You could probably get 60,000 lbs if you spread the rear axles far enough apart. We tried cabovers for plow trucks, got rid of them all, to rough riding for the driver.
I wonder which truck makers still offer heavy cabovers in the US. Or are we’re talking about the cabovers of yore?
What would this short straight truck be doing with a GVM/GVWR approaching that of the biggest OTR semis?
Driving on highways and roads and bridges built to a higher standard than ours.
Hauling sand, clay and any other type of soil. Possibly asphalt too. In short (…), anything that’s really, really heavy per m³ / ft³.
The weight limit for straight trucks and combination vehicles is 110,231 lbs and 132,277 lbs for the longer ecocombis (which are only allowed to drive on the main roads).
110,231 lbs can be done with 5 axles.
And here’s the Terberg’s polar opposite, a truck set up to carry empty aluminum cans to breweries
That would be a 50 metric tons rig where I am, but less in Stobart’s homeland, I assume.
Still, it’s a rig with 6 axles. Hauling empty alu-cans to breweries must be small beer for a set-up like that.