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Check weights
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Here's a more detailed explanation: example is our Mack
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rego: 04FNTK
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Tare Weight: 9060 kg
This is the weight of a vehicle or trailer when it's empty, including all its fluids and fixed equipment, but without any driver, passengers, luggage, tools or cargo.
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Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM): 27600 kg
This is the maximum weight a vehicle, including its load, passengers, and fuel, is allowed to weigh - however RMS only copy manufacturers GVM so our Mack maybe 27600 kg GVM but under NSW we can only load up to 22500kg (See General mass PDF bellow.
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Payload: 22500 (GVM) minus 9060 (Tare) = 13440 Payload This is the maximum load a vehicle can carry, calculated by subtracting the vehicle's kerb weight (or tare weight) from its GVM.
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Gross Combination Mass (GCM):
This is the maximum weight allowed for a vehicle and its trailer combined, including their loads, passengers, and fuel.
General mass and dimension
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This chart displays common heavy vehicle combinations in Australia but does not represent the entire fleet. The mass and length limits shown are based on the Heavy (Mass, Dimension and Loading) National Regulation (MDL Regulation and serve as general guidance only
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Work and rest requirements
The National Heavy Vehicle legislation regulates driver fatigue for those operating fatigue-regulated heavy vehicles.
It sets maximum work hours and minimum rest periods for drivers, which include heavy trucks over 12 tonnes GVM, truck combinations exceeding 12 tonnes GVM, and buses over4.5 tonnes GVM that seat more than 12 adults.
