Electric Vehicles? Towing? Hauling?
There seems to be quite a push lately for zero emission vehicles and electric only vehicles. How on Earth would these ever work for us? You can't go cross country in an electric vehicle in a pra...
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Grit dog wrote:
"Google Equivalent Single Axle Loads.
FHWA studies found that your average semi does the damage of 10,000 passenger cars. Even smaller single unit trucks are a few thousand times the damage."
Valhalla, while I'm not sure which side of the political fence you're riding from post to post (because this discussion is completely political), you are correct in the statement above that you posted.
IDK the exact or even round number, but heavy axle loads do exponentially more damage than light axle loads. No doubt, no debate.
There is no argument trucks wear pavement more than cars. What most don't understand is how much more taxes the trucks pay.
And another issue I have run into is the contractor will reduce the load limit for trucks working on a section of the road. They have told me it is because if the road collapses under the construction trucks it must be fixed before the next step, at company expense. (I always say they cut my pay because others didn't do their job right) But once the road is open max loads running and the taxpayers must pay again...
