Axle weights

I had to twice last week. Same scale.I picked up a load and it was 47,994, and my truck was 31,500 With a 1/4 tank. I had 3/4 fuel, so didnt really know my gross, and scales on premises were not accurate. It was 15 miles the wrong way back to the nearest Cat scale, but bypassing the scale was only 5 minutes extra by staying on surface roads past the scale.

Then coming back, about 200 miles later the next shipper gave me a light weight of 31,500, so I would have been legal for the trip I just took. They put 2 coils on for 44,000, but they didn't tell me one coil was 12,000 lbs heavier than the other. When I pulled to the scale, my suspension pressure looked too light, and after i got my paperwork, that's when I found out the weight difference. I wasn't going to mess around reworking it, I just ran it. However, 40,000 lbs on the trailer would have left 35,500 for the steers and drivers. Steers are around 10,500, which would have made 25,000 on drivers, which is a larger difference between what it could have been and what it should have been, so I assume it really was legal.

 

Read his numbers ( steer 11940...drivers 34000...trlr 32800) if he slides 2-3 holes up with his trailer axles he can add the 140 x8 lbs. per gallon =1120 lbs. gallons of fuel and be under gross and probably under axle it's NOT that complex people. 11940-34000-1120+32800=79860

 

It's not complicated. I chose 125 gallons as a conservative figure based on 1000 pounds leaving something for the scales.

In the future I will try to be mathematically precise. =)

 

HIS numbers were 140 gallons. I'm not being critical of you other than the fact that I think the original poster is a troll especially since he has not posted since.
New drivers need to learn the math.

 

Actually, diesel weighs just a tad over 7lbs/gal.

 

That's why I used 8lbs.X140=1120

 

Sure, that is where 8 pounds come in. I do not wan to be caught saying fill it up weights be *&^% and then have the OP complain he got caught overweight.

Also we are going into winter, I expect fuel to be somewhat more dense by volume and weigh more in any given container.