THIS Is Best Semi-Truck Configuration - 6X4 vs. 6X2
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- THIS Is Best Truck Configuration - 6X4 vs. 6X2
Looking for the best truck configuration?
In this video, we'll explore the advantages and disadvantages of the 6x4 and 6x2 axle configurations in semi-trucks.
We'll discuss factors such as fuel efficiency, maintenance costs, cargo capacity, traction, stability, and maneuverability to help you determine which one is right for your needs.
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00:00 Start
00:27 The 6x2
Axle Configuration
00:48 Advantages 6X2
02:16 Disadvantages 6X2
03:07 6X2 Overall
03:21 The 6x4
Axle Configuration
03:50 Advantages 6X4
04:51 Disadvantages 6X4
05:40 6X4 Overall
05:58 The best is..
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The weight limits you showed on the US trucks is for a *single* rear axle, as in 4x2. 6x2 still has two rear axles and is still capable of carrying 34,000 lbs combined.
6x4 for sure, we even build 10x6 here in Australia occasionally. Tri drive, twin steer..
In the US, driven or not doesn't change the weight rating. A tag axle makes a single axle a tandem axle. It is even a loophole in the form that it is common to put 24,000 lbs on the driven axle and only 10,000 lbs on the tag.
for me as a truck driver's son, here in the Philippines they choose the 6x4 configurations because the roads here are very difficult and another thing is that the trucks here are heavy, let's take as an example the Rigid trucks that are 10 wheeler wingvans their maximum load is 25,000 tons almost 50,000 pounds. if you travel from luzon, visayas to mindanao you can't avoid going through the mountains because most of the part of the AH 26 highway goes through the mountains and the elevation is so difficult, that's why they and I preferred that.
In ATS I always use 6x4 for the trucks I drive since I haul a variety of trailers everywhere so I need greater pulling power and flexibility. Maintenance and fuel cost are probably not very noticeable if there is a difference at all in the game. 🚚
What's ATS ?
@@aanriuha American Truck Simulator, it's a trucking game for PC.
Plus, I feel more stable driving 6x4 or 6x2. And braking distance also feels shorter compared to 4x2.
the 6x4 boogie is the most versatile layout. The 6x4 tandem gives LESS traction when empty. The boogie can lift the rear axle to provide more weight on the 2 axel.
You mean 6x2 Boogie and i agree 👍
Liftable axles on the tractor are illegal where I live
@@jasonwilliams8016 where do you live? I love in Norway. We have lots of steep hills and snowy mountain passes.
@Jason Williams I'm also curious where and why they would be illegal. I know in the US they're not, so long as you're not overweight on the other axles. I think some states allow lifting a short time while turning sharp, such as at an intersection, and some are very strict on not lifting if it overloads your remaining axles, but I don't know of any states where they're fully illegal.
@@MrSolenoid BC Canada
They deliverd the video real fast. good job
I personally drive a 8x2 tanker truck with 4 or 5axle single wheeled trailer.
68tons and 1 driven axle. There is a button for "shifting weight" to the driven axle, making it kind of over loaded ("Norvegian" boogie in volvo up to 18tons for driven axle). The axle is durable enough and usually slippery conditions mean that the road is frozen so high axle weight won't damage.
The most common in config in Finland for tractor units is 6x2 with last axle being liftable and having dual wheels for higher weight limits
Forest industry on Finland also users 8x8 trucks. Already scabies does 8x8 trucks. I've driven a few of those
Here in Brazil I drive a volvo FH 540 with 2 semi-trailes and 9 axels in total configuration. 74 tons of weight and 54tons of payload.
Thank you for the good work!
No problem 👍
Actually in Central Europe 4x2 is the most preferred drivetrain layout as with the usual „Euro-Trailer“ with three axles you can make use with the max. GCW of 40t. 6x2s are used in the UK and Scandinavia where higher GCWs are allowed.
Can you do video about differences between 6x2/4 and 4x2 trucks?
There both great
6x4 are very well matched for the 500 hp plus European diesels, yet are less popular there🤔....quite a paradox. Anyways, we get to put the to proper duty here in East Africa due to our less than adequate paved roads on last mile to destinations. 6x4 tractor lays traction power like a beast.....and gets the cargo delivered on a cinch!
6x4 in Europe will result in a very shor trailer. Their roads are very small so 6x4 with 3xl won't be flexible in turning
6X4 doesen´t make sense for standard trucks in europe. You would have to be super carefull when loading, since then having only 2 axles on a standard 13,60 m trailer (you won´t need more than 5 axles total for 40-44 tons) can make them overloaded pretty fast. You would need to stuff everything to the front of the trailer, leaving the back almost empty.
With a 4x2 tractor and 3 axle trailer, you can evenly distribute the load from the front to the back of the trailer, and everything will be balanced without any issues.
It's because of fuel efficiency too. In EU most tractor trucks are 4x2s and they do a fine job on asphalt roads, you just use more fuel with 6x4 and get nothing out of it. I've seen more 6x2 with lift axles (the extra axle is lifted up 99% of the time even while hauling a trailer) and 8x4 trucks (like the Actros SLT) than I have 6x4s. I'm pretty sure 6x4 tractor simply doesn't make sense here. Maybe for construction or something.
You need your cargo to make both 6x2 and 8x4 truck an unacceptable choice (like 6x2 can't haul, 8x4 too expensive) for that configuration to make sense. I doubt there is a huge amount of cargo pulled with tractor units which fits the description.
Hi there, here in Brazil we use a lot of different configurations to semi trucks. the most of them who drive on Road usually use 6x2 configuration, mainly at long hauled distances. And we use European truck model 100% of the fleet is cabover. Scania, Volvo, Volkswagen, Iveco, Mercedez Benz, Daf. And the most of semi-trailers here they have 3 axels in tandem. I notice that in the US most semi trailers have only two axles. I would like to know why only this kind of configuration?
Strange how Volkswagen is european and there are no VW trucks here, but there are elsewhere!
6x2 is the best becsuse when travelling empty you can just lift the last axle to save tyre maintenance
theoretically yes. But why would someone travel empty???? Those are made to haul all day long every day.
@@marcelo403polo2 you done with delivering a load and you need to head back to the depot to take another load of course the return trip back to the depo will be empty so lift the axle so save fuel since truck travel back empty
@@marcelo403polo2 the is also going and returning trips one can't take the returning trip with axles down they must lift it to save fuel If they have 6x2 because the going back to the warehouse or mine with an empty trailer to get another load
@@hipetwa I guess you talk more about European market. I can't imagine anyone going empty lets say from Vancouver to Halifax for example
@marcelo403 polo there's absolutely no way anyone would go empty clear across the country. Vancouver to Surrey would be more realistic, and if you have a lifting axle, you can save those km on at least 4 tires, 8 if you have lifting axle on the trailer also. Them multiply that by every time you have to drive 100 km empty, and you really extend the life of those tires.
You have to think, not everywhere a truck delivers to has a load for them to leave with. A warehouse for groceries, let's say, has many deliveries in of a single item from distributors, but nothing that needs to go back except maybe empty pallets. The loads out would be mixed items going to the stores and would likely have a single company that handles that side, with many different companies delivering to the warehouse.
Also, you can lift the axle if it's not needed for weight restrictions. If you're not overweight for a single axle, why run both? Then you save the wear on the lifted axle for the entire trip.
Having a 6x2 or a 6x4 does have nothing to do with the wheelbase. Manufacturers in Europe have managed to make them the same length
True, but typically if there are two rear axles with neither of them steered or castered (regardless of whether or not they are driven) will need a relatively long wheelbase to keep tire scrub in tight turns to an acceptable level.
i suggest u make a video about the comparison cabover american truck vs european truck
Its already in the making 👍
In Europe the 6x2 can have 11.5 tons on the driving axel but 7.5 tons on the traling axel reducing the difframce in traction quite a lot.
Typically in nordic country 6x2 are used for medium trucks and 8x4 for heavy trucks.
Both good and has its own advantages can't choose so i would prefer to have both if possible XD
There are options for that. Nowadays Volvo and Scania have 6 x 4 but one can choose to let the last axle freewheeling and only used when conditions ask for it, like tipper trailers which do 90 % of their work on asphalt. Also M.A.N. and DAF offer hydraulic driven front axles which are much lighter, due to no drive shaft of diff and offer improved traction.
@@bertnl530 Ah yeah i forgot about liftable 6x4 axle
But my preference goes to Scania and Volvo, that might sound so cliche for idolizing both but it cannot be denied how both of em are the real piece of work
I like Iveco too but i prefer the 2013 Iveco hi way design more over Iveco S way
@@aokusazimniy8 I think Volvo and Scania are favourites for many people. IVECO has not a very good reputation, but I don't know if these stories are based on own experience or on hear-say.
@@bertnl530 Well cuz both are the top brands of COE Semis
About Iveco it's the series before S way the Stralis series where main dislikes is from the Driver side windows. It has a straight frame blocking the driver's visibility in which most of people feels so uncomfortable and dislike it, Iveco can just remove it but they did not
With the new S way series the windows frame is removed and driver has no more issues about it ever since
@@aokusazimniy8 Drivers have also big foreholds against the newest S way. "it is nothing. I quit work when I get one" I think most of the drivers never sat in an IVECO. and complaints are spread 20 times more then good news or no news at all. Image has a lot to do with it.
YOU CAN SPEC A 6X4 WITH DUAL LOCKING AXLES IF YOU WANT FOR LIKE A DUMP TRUCK.
5:55 in india 4x2 and 6x2 is preferred
The best for road use, fuel efficiency and weight saving in the 4x2 configuration, as almost all 44 tons semitrailer trucks in Europe.
We have to say that the standard tires are bigger in Europe.
A 4x2 with a 3axle trailer is the worst thing on the road
with the highest road wear... 6x2 plus 2 axle trailer would be much better, since the weight gets distributed more evenly and there is no single axle carrying a high tonnage but the weight of the cargo is split 50:50 on 2 axles each.
@@aanriuhaour truck trailers are very heavy: the axle are usually three, but with single, bigger wheels. The road tractor has 4 wheels, but the tire size is bigger in Europe. One more axle means more weight. This standard setup was developed after decades and it's the best for the European roads.
@@denzzlinga Depends on how the axles are placed under the trailer.
@@bertnl530 sure but you can´t move them a lot without the need of steering axles, due to eu regulations how the whole thing has to turn in the end.
6×2 with a steerable rear Axle with a cabover configuration in the US. Is there also a 6×4 configuration that allows the trailing Axle to disengage, making it a 6×2?
I've never heard of such, but from what I know, 6x4 in the US typically are not full-time equally driven unless differentials (left/right) and power divider (front/rear) are locked. I think most of the time, the front right drive is the one receiving the most power and would be the first to spin in loss of traction.
@@Ronald.Golleher Yes Volvo make one.
@Robert Rich I'm guessing for European market?
I play ETS-2 so I understand the difference between them 6×2 truck are fuel efficient and good at handling.has good turning angle than 6×4
What's ETS-2?
@@1x1e1 Euro Truck Simulator 2. Game on PC
I play ATS
😂😂😂
I will choice 6x4and 6x2 twins steer
6x2 twin tag is superiour
I live in lithuania and i have seen a couple american trucks but i have never seen a freit truck whit 6x2 only single fronth and double single acel rear. And i have seen the ones that gcarry road works machinery trucks that hace 3 accels in the back.
A double locker 44000 lb Mack camelback 20000 lb front end
200" wb 500hp ISX 18 Speed manual with a non hydraulic clutch
F model cab Aussie roo bar front bumper 11r22.5 all around on 10 hole classic Alcoas.
Oilfield head rack on the back of the cab. Frameless dump style 5th wheel.
Hard cab no air ride.
I'd pull a 8 axle all aluminum covered wagon B Train
The trailers overall length would be 53 ft +15 for the truck 68 ft long overall
Should be legal to scale a 45000 lb coil in each wagon.
Truck axle configuration is affected of legal limitation about vehicle or road law.
In The United States, Federal bridge formula restrict maximum gross combined vehicle weight (GCW) up to 80,000 lbs (almost 36,000kg) if trailer-tractor truck has 5 axle (3 axle tractor and 2 axle trailer).
BTW, The United Kingdom vehicle and road law restrict GCW up to 44,000 kg (almost 97,000 lbs) if trailer-tractor has 6 axle (3 axle tractor and 3 axle trailer).
And If trailer-tractor has 5 axle (2 axle tractor and 3 axle trailer), GCW is limited up to 40,000 kg.
In European countries in Continental, their law restrict GCW up to 40,000 kg if trailer-tractor has 5 axle (2 axle tractor and 3 axle trailer) by EU order.
So many over the road tractors operated in The U.K. are equipped 6x2 axle configuration with lift axle.
In The U.S. 6x2 tractor provide better fuel consumption and maintenance cost.
6 by 4
6x4 taglift
6x4
IN FRANCE, PAYLOAD CAPACITY FOR 6X4 IS 120 T !!!
VERY HIGHT FREIGHT !!!
JC ANONYMOUS PATRIOTE FRANCE.
Wow thanks for sharing 👍
I prefered 6x4 in Tandem a 4x2 Single o 8x6 in tridem on axles cofiguraton 6x6 or 4x4 good dont likè Tag axles
Why don't you have a truck and trailer type?
6X2 IS OK DRY PAVEMENT FLATLAND AS LONG AS YOU CAN LIFT THE AXLE.
Please explain wheel base😅😅😅
Please put about Indian trucking industry
@Truck Tropia, what you failed to mention about the 6x2 configuration, is that the air can be dumped on the second non-drive axle to increase traction in difficult terrain, you really need to do more in-depth research before putting out these videos, as informative as they are, you still missout vital information or give misinformation, also your basis towards American built trucks is so blatant, to balance things out why not do a video about European truck and trailers versus American built truck and trailers on the techno side including EBS, design and build of trailers, bearing in mind that the USA trucks normally operates at 36 metric tonnes, whereas European trucks run at 40/50 metric tonnes, and the UK runs at 44 metric tonnes, with I might add a trailer length of 45ft.
Best is actually 8x6. It’s simple logic.
The comparison @4:22 is nonsense. 34,000 lb is the basic limit in US federal regulations for tandem drive axles, but 20,000 pounds is the limit for a single drive axle (as in a 4X2), not a combination of one drive axle and one pusher or tag axle (as in a 6X4).
Only 8x4 Volvo Tridem 💪
6×2 have to get towed out more than 6×4 so the pros are not as good if you have to pay for a tow truck reagly
10 x 6 is better for a road train.
6x2 🙃
I don't understand rear semi alxes 4 wheels in the back not 2 so the term 2/4 x 6 deadnzt make any sense 😾😾😾
If you are going to go with a 6by2 you may as well go with a 4by2
Nope.
In a 6x2 your truck can be 26 tonns.
In a 4x2 your truck can be 19 tonns
The extra axle allows more weight, even if it's not powered.
Depends on what you want to do with it. If I look to most European countries the most common configuration is a 4 x 2 with a tri axle trailer. It can cause traction issues earlier, but the write off is easier. In the Netherlands it is not uncommon to see 4 x 2 tractor with a 4 axle trailer, most of them in use for buildingmaterials, concrete and so on. Trailer last axles are steering axles.
@@bertnl530 We drove 4x2 with tripple-axled trailers all over Norway earlier, without problems.....
@@stigandrmyrardalur5208 I know. Especcially in Norway I always liked the high cube stepdecktrailers. Perhaps a diff lock can help in some narrow situations. You could see that in the past, but I don't know if that is still common.
Why 6x2 when you can just run perfectly on 4x2 instead?
You can legally put more weight on the truck
@@maxi5778 Well that's hardly a good reason to do so because there are many countries such as India, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, or any of those 3rd world or 2nd world or developing countries have shown that 4x2 is more than enough to haul such goods. Even 4x2 underpowered japanese branded semi trucks (Fuso, Hino, UD) with poorly maintained engines are able to haul a 20 footer container or big heavy pipes and steels on a trailer bed without any problems.
In Europe or America, they even barely haul anything seriously heavy container goods and yet utilises a 6x2.
There is no better or worse, it all depends on local regulation, roadnetwork and the market situation.
@Intel & Nvidia SUXXZZZ!!! I daily drive a 6x4 and I quite often do heavy haulage driving loads that weights around 58 tons with my trailer, my colleagues that drive 6x2 with the same trailer are legally only allowed to load 54 tons, everything is exactly the same except from one truck has one more drive axle
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Truck Tropia PLEASE do research before posting, because for truckdrivers this is embarrassing....
In the modern civilized world a 6x2 and a 6x4 can have the same gross weight, but the 6x2 is lighter and therefore gives you more payload.
On the steep, curvy, icy roads in Scandinavia 6x2 is the most common to use, even though the gross weights there are higher than in the rest of Europe and USA.
Well i have, hope you was Able to enjoy anyway 👍
I've heard the 6x2 tag lift is to allow to lift the tag and get more weight on the single drive axle to get better traction.
I think the thing about the weight 20k vs. 34k) is they found the weight limit for a single rear axle (4x2, like Saia or other LTL companies typically run) and misinterpreted it as a single drive axle in 6x2 configuration.
@@Ronald.Golleher you're right 👍🏻
I drive a 6x4 and I'm legally allowed to load a few hundred kilograms more than my colleagues that drive a 6x2, a few tons extra with a heavy permit
Lift axles on the tractor aren't legal where I live. I'd take a tri-drive anyway
No, you're wrong about the 6x4 having more stability than 6x2's
Here in the United Kingdom, there is *NO* height limit.
British motorway bridges have at least 16'6" clearance available, so many trailers are double deck 16'3" tall.
These trailers carry 42 or 52 pallets at 44 tons (97,000 lbs).
The American weight limit is only 36 tons (80,000 lbs)
I drive 44 ton double deckers over the Scotland's highlands in the snow with 6x2 tractor units.
There is no problem with stability pulling 44 tons worth of double decker on _VERY_ twisty Scottish snow & ice roads with a 6x2 tractor.
Ye dinnae ken yer bleathing on aboot!
No, you're wrong about weight limits.
The standard British weight limit is 44 tons (97,000 lbs). Most tractor units are 6x2. 6x4s don't carry more weight.
The American standard weight limit is _only_ 36 tons (80,000 lbs).
The American habit of 6x4 is due to tradition & stupid US law.
In the Netherlands it is 50 or 60 tonnes, depending on the outfit. In Sweden it is more and in Finland they are going up to 90 tonnes or so, this although with two driven axles
I doubt there is any US federal law which makes a distinction in load capacity or legality between 6X4 and 6X2.
why do I have a feeling an AI made this script???
I dont know, made by me though
@@TruckTropia oh ok then
The impression comes from the combination of bit of information without understanding them. AI does that, and so does the person who writes TruckTropia.
The maximum weight in Europe is 40000 kg and not 60000 kg.
Your totale weight can be more. But that is different from one country to an other country... The law is most countries not the same....
In scandinavia you can haul 60t
Do some research... the 25.25 module system is allowed all over Europe
@@stigandrmyrardalur5208 I work for the gouvernement. My profession for the last 16 years is controle on trucks (weight, loading security, dimentions, technical state,...) I'm on the road, every day... I know the law... And I know scandinavia you can haul 60T.
In belgium is't 44T.
the Netherlands 50T, France 40T... There alway's some exeptions you can haul more, or less... But 60T is not mainstream in Europe
@@peterthoelen8416 l won't accuse you of lies, just ignorance...
I've driven all over Europe since -94, and a necessity for doing this job is knowing the different rules.
When it comes to european modular system it's regulated through Directive 96/53 EC, Article 4, but you're right that each european country is allowed to make their own regulations
@Peter Thoelen so the *maximum* is still 60T, right? Just not across all of Europe. And the *minimum* maximum is 40T.
All your videos are just about America and Europe, the rest of the world doesn't exist.
80% og my subscribers are from America and Europe … thats why 😅
so you only cater for Europe and America, you are admitting it now.
Exactly my point.. They always make videos for America and Europe but yet you want us to subscribe.. So are saying we don't have access to internet?
Also here at Africa and my home Country South Africa we have trucks
Euro Trucks look Feminime, No Driver Comfort, US Trucks are the Best
Depends on what you mean by driver comfort. The only thing US trucks have going for them is more space. Other than that they only just now starting to catch up with the tech that EU trucks have had for the last 10-20 years
@@rikardandersson7288 well Space, is a big comfort factor
@@nenadcubric2663 can't argue with that. However other driving aids and ergonomic solutions also contribute to driver comfort. Take volvos vds for example, it is speed sensitive steering that allows you to literally steer with one finger when manouvering. And it also takes away the jerking in the wheel from potholes. Not to mention that it also steers the truck back in it's lane if you start to drift. Other things as adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitoring and the best automated gearbox on the market also adds to driver comfort in my opinion
6X4 is better
US trucks mostly are 4×2 & 6×2! In USA loads are light roads are straight flat but very bad only 6 steep long hills BUT the diesel fuel is lower qualuty still freezes winters & is cheaper than in Europe! The maintanance in USA is bad due to lack of professional service mostly Mexicans do the labor!
No, most Class 8 highway tractors are 6X4, not 6X2. Perhaps 6X2 is common in your area, but they are not across the USA. There are tractors with no interaxle differential, and a disconnect for the rear axle, so they are 6X2 until the second axle is engaged, then they become 6X4.
kys when km/h you translate to mph and what if i don't know what's 80000lbs
4×2 is good enough even for the heavy industrial European loads on the beautiful & perfect European roads! Rich Europe - the richest & the only 1st worls place on Earth!