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FunkyPete t1_izyujsv wrote

Reply to comment by p38fln in Tesla Semi 500-Mile Trip Video Shows Truck May Have Had a Lower GVW Than 81,000 Lb by Ssider69

If you google "jersey barricade weight," they weigh 4000 pounds each.

12 of them would weigh 48,000 pounds.

If that means the tractor trailer is loaded to max gross weight, either the tractor weighs 33,000 pounds or max weight is not 81,000 lbs.

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p38fln t1_izywz9s wrote

Yes, that sounds right. We usually couldn't get more than 47000 pounds on but you could get 48000 if you can precisely control where the load is going and have a sliding 5th wheel and don't fill the fuel tanks up all the way. This truck would have had an 80,000 pound limit, it wasn't an EV.

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dyyd t1_j00qt1k wrote

Correction: tractor + empty trailer weigh 33,000 pounds.

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Dan_Flanery t1_izzcggx wrote

We have no idea what the weight of those barricades was, tho. They vary - a lot - and come in many different sizes.

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p38fln t1_j000bmh wrote

He's probably dead on accurate since that weight would put a standard tractor with a 53 foot dry van at max GVWR of 40 tons

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