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65Relation between axles in axle group
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65 Relation between axles in axle group
(1) The axles in an axle group, except a twinsteer axle group, fitted to a vehicle with a GVM over 4.5 tonnes must relate to each other through a load‑sharing suspension system. (2) In this rule:
load‑sharing suspension system means an axle group suspension system that:
(a) is built to divide the load between the tyres on the group so that no tyre carries a mass over 10% more than the mass that it would carry if the load were divided equally; and
(b) has effective damping characteristics on all axles of the group.