|
|
| Re: Maryland State Police Take a Megabus Double Decker Out of Service for Being Overweight (190334) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > BusChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: Maryland State Police Take a Megabus Double Decker Out of Service for Being Overweight |
|
|
Posted by kcram3500 on Sun Mar 21 00:16:10 2010, in response to Re: Maryland State Police Take a Megabus Double Decker Out of Service for Being Overweight, posted by (4) Lexington Av Exp on Sat Mar 20 23:27:05 2010. Maryland uses a mathematical formula, so you'd have to know what weights each axle came in at, as well as the distance between axles 1 and 3 (Maryland doesn't use the traditional wheelbase measurement of front axle to the centerline between the tandem axles).So even if the vehicle is within its own load specs, Maryland's formula may say it's still not legal in their state. Using the Van Hool specs, the distance from axle 1 to axle 3 is 301 inches or 25' 1". From what I can determine in the Maryland handbook (starting at page 102), the 57,000-lb GVWR is illegal in Maryland if reached, as a vehicle with a 25' distance between axles 1 and 3 is limited to 54,500. There is also a maximum of 34,000 per tandem axle pair, and the TD925 is rated at 40,500 for axles 2 and 3. With a front axle limit on the TD925 of 16,500, it would appear that the maximum weight of a TD925 in Maryland is 50,500. Maryland State Police says it was 4000 over - so the bus could have come in at at 54,500 which would have met Van Hool's and Maryland's vehicle maximums, but the individual axles could have been over state limits. If I have all that right, Megabus can't send fully loaded TD925s through Maryland, even if they're legal in other states along the way. |
|
|
|