I tried last night to find the flaw, but the math works, and i agree about what you said. What I think and don't know unless I had the trailer with the numbers he had. What I think is the example has the tandems all the way front, slide 14 back and wallah.
I hate math....
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So the dude wants an app that will what? Do you want the app to scan the bill of lading and estimate how much to slide your tandems? What about taking a photo of the trailer and getting a scale ticket too? That would be super sweet. I sure some silicon valley startup will get right on that to save all you truckers from that nasty math. Just when I thought I heard it all.
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Wants an app so when he goes through scale with weights out of whack he can try to put blame on someone else. Isn't this how society works now?
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As far as locating a scale yeah. I was thinking more of enter your weights and it tells you how to adjust axles or 5th wheel to be legal.
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Steers: 10380
Drives: 33180
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Actually it would be pretty #### easy to make an app that would tell you how many holes to slide the tandems and in what direction. If you entered the weight that is changed with every hole.
But it wouldn't work. As some mentioned above, it all depends on how the trailer is loaded. There have been plenty of times when I'm right at 80k with tandems at 43' mark and then there have been plenty of times when same weight scales well with tandems all the way forward. Or any combination in between.
Just use your head....... The formula I posted is flawed, but it does kind of work every time. It's worked for me every time anyway. Reweigh and adjust accordingly.
And if that amount of math is beyond you and you just must have help for it... Perhaps look into spread axle flatbed or something? Dump truck? I think you need basic math skills to work at McDonald's so that's out. -
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Is there a company that makes a sliding axle with a box on it. That sounds much easier than sliding so many holes. Just get a spread axle
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