A question about the maximum you would slide a tandem

11 holes should get you legal, maybe 12. I'd re weigh after moving 11 because its gonna be close. If you moved it 17, you'd be way over on drives.

 

Yeah, move it say 10 holes back and re-weigh it, and figure out how many pounds you are moving per hole ... then you can re-adjust again to get it just right.

 

Just remember when making corners, and the tandems are further back they will track differently... You will need to swing wider!!

 

a few thing you might consider length of trl,how trl is loaded, where your 5th wheel is set. lets say you had a 53 foot dane dry box, loaded pallets 22 side by side you would be close if you set the rear at the 48 foot mark on your trl. there is no rule on where to set the tandems, getting to know your equipment and watching how they load the trl are the main factors. be safe out there

 

what do you steers weight????>

if it were me. i'd adjust the 5th wheel for 12,000 on the steers and leave it at that. 12.300ish with full tanks of fuel.
you really don't need to have lighter weight on the steers. you'll never have to adjust your 5th wheel. and only have to worry about the trailer.

that will also keep your truck to trailer gap to a minimum. increasing your fuel mileage a little. and fuel bonuses if your company offers those.

that'll take weight off the drives giving you more wiggle room. and do like the others said. slide your trailer back 10 or 11 holes.

 

You mean so far forward they're that far back? How many "notches" depends on the space between notches, there is no industry standard I'm aware of, but 17 still sounds like a lot.

"Safe", I dunno. It's not inherently unsafe. If they're all the way back your trailer is going to offtrack farther. Probably won't make any difference on limited access highways, but you have to allow for it if you take surface streets. Unless you drive in TX all the time some driver should have marked a 40' bridge hole, or one hole/notch is going be more worn. Slide 'em and reweigh it.

 

Got a hill billy way put the mud flap on the tandems at the back skid to start with weigh it and adjust from there its not always perfect but usally close to a hole or two

 

thats what i always did put the mud flap bracket to the back of the last pallet. that being said i always pulled the same load out of our company,and usually 22 skids back to the yard.

 

Hi I'm in California still learning I have 53 trailer what is the legal movement of the tandem wheels? Like 5th hole or 11th hole?