Adjustments to 5th wheel

Too dangerous having light steers on wet roads.

The truck i have now weighs 13.5 when loaded. No drop axle.. Feels much better then the last truck having the drop axle down and steers weighing 9.5.

 

Why no fenders over the front drive axle? I guess if you’re running a headache rack that will keep the rocks off your bunk.

 

Because the company’s cheap. We only run quarter fenders, if a driver wants 1/2 fenders he can pay for them and the company will usually install them. My next truck will probably have 1/2 fenders now that I live on a gravel road.

 

Its a good starting point. When you get the truck and have a good amount of weight on the load scale it. Get as close as you can to having 12k on the steers and you should not have to ever move it.

 

I could swear I said the exact same thing in post #2. Lol

 

Lol, missed that my friend....

 

Depends on where you are, how the axles are spaced, and what you bridge out at. Let’s say you have a 4 axle truck and a 4 axle 53ft trailer, the typical PNW set up. You will measure your axle groups to get the maximum weight allowed on the groups, but what will determine you’re allowable gross will be your 7 axle inner bridge. You would measure from the drop axle on the truck to the rear trailer axle, take that bridge allowance and add whatever you can carry on your steer axle to get your gross.

And just for fun, OR figures their inner bridge different than everyone else.

 

Brilliant minds think alike!