New to this one. Been hauling gas for a while but switched to another company hauling asphalt oil. My company just bought a brand new truck and semi trailer (I've always been a truck and trailer driver). My boss coupled the units and set the fifth wheel where he thinks it should be... I don't doubt him he's got 45 years experience! He advised me to check obviously. 12,500 front axle and 34k drives and trailer. I may or may not have to slide the fifth wheel to make it legal- I've never done this. I am also going to have to see and experiment to find 80k when I load. Any tips here?
Scaling a Tanker
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Don't get any on you..... 300 degrees F hurts bad !
Where you load will have scales and you can fine tune things there....
Most trailers have seals... A rod with washers on it. 3-4 spread out on the rod. Load to them , start low and get closer to 80k. After a couple of loads you'll have it figured out.
The good shippers load on a scale , no guess work needed
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A rod mounted near the lip of the dome cover. Hanging down towards the bottom of the trailer a foot or so... It would have 2-4 large washers type things mounted on it....
You use those as a visual loading level for the weight you want .
Say a 7000 gal trailer might have 3 seals 7000- at the top , 6500 gal middle and 6000 gal bottom.
You can use the trailer cal chart and set the seals as needed. But once you load on them it's a messy job....
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9000 gal tank ..... Almost 34 tons of asphalt on.
Turning and burning...unloader Thanks this. -
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I'm guessing 25ish is about the best you can do......
Unless you have a featherweight unit ...
P.S. The fifth wheel will slide easier when your mt..... If there's no scales houses on your run do the load and make adjustments before you reload...
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