Indiana Bridge Law - Tandem Distance from Kingpin

I know this driver doesn't need to worry about it, but Florida is 41' to the center of the rear axle. They will allow 44K on the drives (not preferred) or on the trailer tandems. Know that from hubby's personal experience.

 

Looks like I'm in the same boat of everybody else or not really sure, If I have this scenario 12,000 pounds on my steers 34,000 pounds on my drives 34,000 pounds on my trailer tandems, If I was going into Ohio and Kentucky which is where I haul , How many feet from the kingpin to the center of my tandems on the trailer can be, very difficult for those states because everything is a calculation. Dose anybody know approximately how many feet it is, instead of going through some difficult calculations.

 

All you have to worry about is the federal bridge laws on interstates and access routes in KY and OH which is 51 feet between the center of the front drive axles and the center of the rear tandem axles. It's hard to get shorter than that.

There's a chart in front of the RM Truckers Atlas.

 

Which is a standard 53' trailer with the tandems all the way back!

shouldn't be any problem in either state at the weights he put in....80k.

 

Yeah in most cases. The fifth wheel all the way forward for some unknown reason might shorten you a couple holes.

 

Good thing you didn't leave me that line in the club house!

 

Must not get out much Indiana has been working the I-65 southbound scale house at the 241mm pretty hard.

 

Just heard on trucker radio...I-5 is now the busiest.....who'd a thought?!!??

 

I've been pulled into the i70 east scale every time I've come into indiana this past couple of months.