whitehall
Diamond Member
The bill isn't going to establish a new weight standard. There are "legal" 97k tax paid trucks all over the roads today. The bill is a good thing. I would require a 6th axle for loads exceeding 80k and it would eliminate the quirky federal freeze that forced 97k trucks off the interstate and on to secondary roads. Since we can't do anything about the rising cost of diesel we might as well give truckers any break we can.