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Registered Gross Weight
Registered Gross Weight (RGW) refers to the total weight that a Truck is licenced to carry.
Typically, the cost of the licence is based on an RGW proposed by the Owner. In general, the RGW amount should not exceed the AGW of the Truck. An exception to this is a Truck can be used in combination with one or more trailers.
Allowable Gross Weight
Allowable Gross Weight (AGW) is the weight that a Truck can carry as determined by the physical characteristics of the Truck.
Examples of the physical characteristics used to determine the AGW are: number of drive axles, distance between drive axles, number of steering axles, amount of weight that can generated on the steering axles.
Allowed
The Allowed weight is the lesser of the RGW and the AGW.
During Weigh Operations, if the value of the Allowed weight is 0 (in other words RGW and AGW are both 0) it will be ignored.