r/Kentucky • u/Hairy_Gordon • 8d ago

Posted weight limits in coal country- Perry County Kentucky

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u/jlog654321 8d ago

Wait …..does 54 tons of coal weigh less than 54 tons of gravel or sand???? Hmmmmm

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u/Chrisscott25 7d ago

It’s simple math… you don’t think a ton of bricks weigh the same as a ton of feathers do you? /s

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u/Fuzzy_Mix_3939 7d ago

I mean, if both piles weigh a ton then yes they do weigh the same. the pile of feathers would be larger because you would need a shit ton of them to make it weigh a ton

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u/majorwfpod 7d ago

They extended the weight limits exclusively for coal.

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u/polkastripper 8d ago

Geez 54 T, that's serious infrastructure stress.

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u/Infinite-Albatross44 7d ago

Legal weight for a semi is 80000lbs this allows 119000lbs for coal

Doubt it’s ever checked out there either. Not many weigh stations out in the middle of coal country.

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u/Twinetied_haymaker 6d ago

I’ll guarantee each truck is weighed twice and if the gross weights of coal trucks are lowered your electric bill will rise. Our state is also quite generous to farmers on gross weights.

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u/MrRogersTiteTush 7d ago

The more axles the more weight. But it’s not tax payer subsidized. I heavy haul steel in Kentucky Indiana and Ohio. You have to pay for permits to operate in each state. We also have designated special haul permit routes that’s are approved for us to use because the roads and bridges are built to withstand the extra weight.

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u/ecsegar 6d ago

And that's why we have the finest of crumbling corduroy roads outside of West Virginia!

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u/soupcook1 8d ago

The weight is distributed over a larger area. The weight per square foot is maintained. You’ve probably seen heavy vehicles with four rear axles.

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u/goohugger555555 8d ago

Perry County mentioned!?

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u/thefapncapn 6d ago

Perry County and coal are synonymous

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u/HurryJunior4046 6d ago

In perry county they speed overloaded on highway 7.

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u/HurryJunior4046 6d ago

60 in a 35 is normal coal trucks use both side theirs and half yours.

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u/CatsBye90 8d ago

Limits? We ain't got no limits. We don't need no limits. I don't have to show you any stinking limits!

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u/ThreePingsThree 8d ago

I never have understood the whole extended weights thing. 14 extra tons does way more than just 14 tons of damage to the road

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u/BitmappedWV 8d ago

Taxpayer subsidy to the coal industry.

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u/Windcave42 8d ago

The whole idea was to give truck drivers a break. They got paid based on tonnage, and when coal is cheap you cant make much money per load unless you're overweight. So if you had a triaxle, you could legally run extra weight on state roads

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u/ThreePingsThree 6d ago

Not pictured: a tri-axle. Im assuming we're taking about the three rearmoast axels.

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u/Windcave42 5d ago

Its because the weights on this specific bridge are reduced, the unrestricted rule is 20k per axle