What is the gross weight of a tractor trailor carrying a load of lumber at 75 pounds per sqare inch?

Question

i need to know the gross weight of the load in case I am overloaded

Answer 1

humm, and does 75 lbs/square inch come into play.  Do you really have a stack of wood 250 feet high.  That's how much wood you'd have to have to get 75 lbs/inch^2  

Answer 2

What size trailer do you have? Might help don'tcha think?

Answer 3

Pressure(psi) = Force(pounds) / Area(sq-in)

Force(pounds) = Pressure (psi) x Area (sq-in)

You are asking for the weight(force) you have the pressure (75 psi) you need the area of of the trailor.

The trailor should be rated for pressure.

A quick calc.

75 psi= 10,800 pounds / sq-ft

That is  lot of lumber, are you sure you your load is 75 pounds /sq-FOOT?

Say you had a trailor 52 feet long and 6 feet wide that is 312 sq-ft x 75 lb /sq-ft = 23,400 pounds. That is in the realm of possibility.