plural of axle weight

The total weight placed upon an axle and its attached wheels, which is transmitted to a road or rail surface.

The part of the framing of a railway car or truck by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically.

A simple machine consisting of a wheel (or similar lever) that turns an axle around which a cord is wound; its mechanical advantage is the ratio of the diameters of the wheel and axle.

On a steam locomotive, an axle connecting a coupled pair of unpowered wheels located behind the driving wheels.

On a steam locomotive, an axle connecting a coupled pair of unpowered wheels located in front of the driving wheels.

(railways) A car axle without collars at the outer ends of the journals.

(transport, rail transport) the total weight, including load carried, transferred by one axle and its wheels to a road or railway surface. This is especially important in relation to what weight road and railway structures can carry, bridges in particular.

a support which can be placed under an axle, subframe or other suitable point when a vehicle is undergoing maintenance.

plural of axle load