Me too.
Water weighs 8 lbs per gallon and fuel floats on it.
These calculations would put a 5 gallon can of fuel at around 100 lbs.
overweight on steer
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by ew2108, Jul 2, 2011.
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About 7.15 pounds
The density of No. 2 diesel fuel is 850 grams/liter = 1.874 pounds/liter = 7.15 pounds per US gallon.
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_one_gallon_of_diesel_fuel_weigh#ixzz1RZqdyK1Bnckid and otherhalftw Thank this. -
I thought about referencing the fact that all fuel weight is not on the steers, but the driver needs to know what percentage of fuel weight from the tanks applies to drives and what percentage applies to steers. Easy to do:
1. Weigh tractor (bobtail) with less than half tank.
2. Put on 100 gallons.
3. Re-weigh tractor.
4. Compare 1st weight to 2nd weight.
Using the 100 gallons as your reference...(100%)...figure how much went to steers and how much went to drives. Remember 100 gallons of fuel is approximately 715 pounds. If the steers increased by 286 lbs...that tells you steers get 40% of weight in the tanks, so drives will get 60% or 429 lbs. 286 + 429 = 715 -
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FIRST... let me say I run opendeck (flatbed, stepdeck (with spread tandems) and RGN) .
I've positioned my 5th wheel right between my drives and I've been able to haul up to 48k with full tanks. -
With the Prostar, I am taking 67% of fuel weight on the steers....they have positioned them forward from the KW or Freightliner I used to drive. -
I triple 7 I bet you have a long nose pit or something with a really long tractor.
Those prostars are really light we have them to and the can pull nearly 47500 without being over 80k -
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Actually, it's a 2006 Freightliner Columbia midroof with a RigMaster APU. Twin 120's for fuel and a steel frame/ alum. deck trailer.
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I had a Cummins-powered Volvo 680, w/13 spd. Darn bobtail, with 225 gal of fuel, weighed 20,080 on the scale, brand new, without any clutter or tools, and I was not in the truck or standing on the scale.
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