Maximum front trailer weights with different tractors (pulling doubles).

Overweight on the drives or over gross?
I run for FedEx Freight and have had trailers 26,000 scale on a single screw while pulling doubles.

 

It really is simple. Assuming 12,000 lb steer axle and tires, you're allowed 12,20,20,20 and 20 for a set of doubles. Again assuming 12,000 weight on steer axle, and perfectly loaded, all other axles would be 17,000, and you wouldn't be over gross. If you're running a single pup, assuming 12,000 steer, then max weight would be 52,000 lbs. How much your trailer could weigh would depend on how much your tractor weighs.

There is no way that a 22,000 pound trailer is overweight. 22,000 lb load, well with my 48' aluminum flatbed with side kit and chains and dual drive sleeper tractor, my weight would be a little over 52,000. I can not imagine that a single axle tractor with pup weighs more than 25,000 pounds. Like @MACK E-6 said, it's got to be way heavy on the drives!

 

It’s impossible for a 22,000lb pup to be overweight on the drives of a twin screw.

Or are you saying the twin screw meets with a single screw? In that instance, both drivers should scale an empty with a full tank of fuel and compare to find the difference. That’s the amount that the twin screw driver needs to subtract to make sure it won’t make a single screw overweight. The single screw driver needs to add that same amount to the gross weight to make sure he doesn’t bring a set that will be over gross with a heavier twin screw.