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Need to be more specific. It might be a tandem, a tridem, etc., all of which will have different weight ratings.
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Specifics? Tandem, tridem, steel, aluminum, 45', 48', 53'? Generally, you're looking at 15,000 - 19,000 lbs, depending on specifics.
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The most common North American 6x4 tractor and tandem trailer combinations have a total of five axles, as do the most common European/Asian/North African configurations of 4x2 tractor and tridem trailer.
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A truck with three axles,(1 steering and 2 drive axles) is called a tandem.A trailer with 3 axles is called a tridem or a triaxle depending on the spacing between the axles.Number of axles is not specific to any one manufacture.
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Depends on the truck's specs. A US beverage distribution truck hauling a single axle trailer would be permitted between 54,000 and 56,000 lbs gross weight, whereas single axle tractors pulling tridem trailers in Europe and permitted a gross weight of 44 metric tons (about 97,000 lbs.)
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Depends. If you have a Gross Combination Weight Rating (that's the combined Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of the truck plus that of the trailer) in excess of 26,000 lbs., with the trailer itself having a GVWR of more than 10,000 lbs. (which a tridem gooseneck will have), then yes. And that's not just Texas - that's a federal law.
Now, there are some exceptions to this, in instances where it would not be considered a commercial vehicle. If it's registered as a farm vehicle, is being used for the purposes of that farm, is operated with a 150 mile radius of the farm it's registered to, and is not operated on a third party, for hire basis, and is operated by the farmer, immediate family members of the farmer, or direct employees of the farmer (W2 employees, not 1099 contractors), a CDL is not required.
Likewise, if it's a recreational vehicle (e.g., travel trailer), a CDL is not required, so long as it's not being transported on a for-hire basis.
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Chalk it up to tradition. that was the older name. To their credit the manufacturers correctly use the more modern term Power Rollers, but usage adheres llike paving compoound. actually very streamllined- rear-axle drive tandem rollers were out in the steam era, and in fact were the last steam-powered rollers manufactured circa l936 or l938, accounts differ/ these except for boiler and engines, resemble the modern galion or similar Tridem- or tandem street roller. One hastens to say we use the verb to Dial- for making phone calls and most phones today are touch-tone or digital, likewsie even powered ships (sail) and houses have (Fuse Boxes) though, again the more modern ones have switch-type circuit breakers. in these cases there is verbal economy- Fuse Box, a simple noun clause easily condensed into a noun-Fusebox. not so with ( circuit-breaker panel) and the modern (( load center) is too ambiguous.
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