Does this scale ticket look right? Scale not functioning properly?

Did you ever get a weight? I’d bet good money your over on your spread. Any time I have to load a uniform load past the front trailer axle, something heavy needs to be on the top deck.
Id bet your
Steers 10,880
Drives 23,460
Trailer 43,880
Gross 78,220

 

You want your load to be as centered as you can between the kingpin and the center of the spread. I would have loaded the slab from the end on top of the step, then moved the two pieces on the lower deck back a little bit. If you can't get it perfectly centered, bias the weight slightly towards the spread, especially if you're close to max weight.

 

I've had a few that loaded too much, but it's rare. I've got an air gauge for my drives and trailer spread that are a pretty good indicator of if I'm coming close. Since my trailer is a 48', I don't really split the spread anymore when I get a CAT scale unless it shows like 38k. If the load is consistent, like all pieces weigh around the same, the spread has always been within 1000lbs of each other. If your load is going to be a mix of heavy and light pieces, ask how much they weigh and place them strategically. In general, I start with the heavier stuff in the center and work outwards. I would never put anything heavy behind the spread on the tail. I've never hauled coils, but if I hauled something like that with a lot of weight focused on a smaller area, I would place them closer to the axles. Instead of dropping 40k on the very center of the trailer, I'd rather have 20k about 1/3 towards the drive axles, and the other 20k about 1/3 with maybe 1-2 feet extra towards the spread.

 

Busted up scale for sure!

 

Couple of things you may want to do, if you have not done so already.

Scale for an empty weight. Full tanks, all the gear you use plus your personal stuff. Set your kingpin to the center of the drive axles. Keep that scale receipt. If you have any load gauges, you have a reasonable idea of your weight at that point.
Next learn where the load center is on your trailer. If it has a coil pack on it, it may have a sticker on the main beam that says “Load single coil here” that should be the load center. If it doesn’t have one of the stickers, with a fixed California spread, it should be about 22 to 23 feet back from the king pin. It will depend on you king pin set. Knowing these things will make loading a lot easier. 49% of the load weight forward of the load center. Should be nice balance and ride good.

 

Are you sure your steers are over? A 12.5k axle is very common after all.

 

It looks like that number under "certifiable" (23,780) is your drive axle weight, and the drive is really your front spread, trailer is your rear spread. If that's correct, it would make more sense for them to place that number in the drive spot and put the trailer spread weight next to each other in the trailer section.

Do you have the trailer loaded all the way to the tail? It looks like you loaded some behind the rear axle.