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The document discusses key aspects of the transportation industry including owner-operators, legal truck weights, maximum weight limits on axles, diesel weight, and team drivers. Owner-operators own their own trucking business and find their own freight jobs. Legal truck weight is 80,000 pounds maximum and individual truck and trailer weights vary between 32,000 to 36,000 pounds. Maximum weights on front, drive and trailer axles are 12,000, 34,000 and 34,000 pounds respectively.

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Logistics

The document discusses key aspects of the transportation industry including owner-operators, legal truck weights, maximum weight limits on axles, diesel weight, and team drivers. Owner-operators own their own trucking business and find their own freight jobs. Legal truck weight is 80,000 pounds maximum and individual truck and trailer weights vary between 32,000 to 36,000 pounds. Maximum weights on front, drive and trailer axles are 12,000, 34,000 and 34,000 pounds respectively.

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Transportation Industry

Lington Language Center


Introduction
 Transportation is one of the largest industries in the world
 Transportation is simply the movement of goods from one location to another
That’s how logistics works
OWNER OPERATORS
 An owner-operator truck driver is someone who owns their own truck driving
business. Owning a trucking company includes owning or leasing one or more
semi-trucks and finding freight to haul, as well as handling the day-to-day
responsibilities that come with owning a business
LEGAL WEIGHT and TRUCK WEIGHT
 Legal weight is the maximum weight allowed with freight onboard and this
weight cannot exceed 80,000lbs combined
 Truck and trailer weight can vary from 32,000 lbs to 36,000 lbs depending on
the make and model of the truck and trailer
MAX
FrontWEIGHT ON AXLES:
axle: 12,000 lbs
Drive axle: 34,000 lbs
Trailer axle: 34,000 lbs

DIESEL WEIGHT:
Each gallon weighs nearly 8 lbs
An average truck carries about 200 to 300 gallons

TEAM DRIVERS:
Team Drivers are two drivers who alternate shifts driving which allows the truck to remain in
motion continuously
A team travels an average of nearly 1,400 miles within a 24-hour period

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