Project Accounting. Costpoint was designed to meet the needs of government contractors for accounting. Specifically, government contractors, who have regulations regarding executive compensation, unallowable costs, and requirements of indirect labor that do not effect non-government contractors.
In allowing the longer truck combinations, what would take two 16.5 m (54 ft) semi-trailer trucks and one 18.75 m (62 ft) truck and trailer to haul on the continent now could be handled by just two 25.25 m trucks â greatly reducing overall costs and emissions.
RE: Volume of Dirt per Tri-Axle Truck. A tri-axle dump body will be more on the order of 18-22 cy. Most dump bodies are limited to 96 inches wide because of road clearance issues. Most are also 40 to 48 inches deep, though some will go to 54 inches deep. That leaves only the length as a major variable. Most tri-axles will handle a 16 to 18-foot body.