Sliding fifth wheel question

I run mine all the way forward. With a forward axle truck like a 379, you need the 5th wheel forward or you are missing out on extra weight you can haul. I believe first load I scaled with mine at 79k gross I was 10,400 on steers and that’s no good.

 

I ran with my 5th wheel fully back on almost every load with dry van, reefer, and hazmat tanker. The ride in my 2021 Freightliner and 2022 KW T-680 was better. I think I had to slide the 5th wheel on 2 or 3 loads where they wanted to max out the payload. I don't recall my steer weights ever being below 11,000 lbs. I just never noticed any traction problems from the steers "only" being 11-12K. I would only slide the 5th wheel if moving trailer tandems couldn't achieve legal axle weights.

 

I very rarely have a load anywhere near the max. It's been years since I had to slide fifth wheel to get weights right.

 

Heh. Got into a disagreement with the guy that trained me on chemical tanking. He was a good guy, million safe miler.
But, he said you have to put the fifth wheel at this many slots back for a particular trailer.
We had identical Petes. But when I scaled in I noticed my steers were awful close to over, so I went back two slots on the fifth wheel.
Told him and we had a mild argument. Finally I parked my tractor next to his. Lo and behold our fifth wheel racks were NOT mounted the same.