State Rules On Tandem Pin Locations

It should be listed in the front of the RM truckers Atlas.
Good Luck,

Larry

 

Like Larry said it will be in the front of your Rand McNallay but it's not "any certain hole" rather the length from your kingpin to the center of which ever axle the state you are looking at says. Or I think some states say to the "center of the axles"

 

it depends on the load.since i pull a spread axcl i don't need to' but i got friends that pull the other trailers and they seam to put in in the 5th hole like if you were going in to that commy state called calif the scale house will look to see were the pin is,

 

It does not depend on the load. The holes can be spaced different on trailers from different manufactures so hole number five might be further from the kingpin on a wabash trailer than a great dane trailer.

 

Your fuel economy will suffer if you don't set the tandems correctly - you want more on the drives than the tandems... and within the setting limits set by the states.

 

Yup, they can range from 250 or 500 lbs a hole. So far those are the only two different hole weight's I know of as I have only pulled three different make's of trailer which is wabash, great dane and utility however there being many different manufactures. Not many but there are some flat bed's that have the slider option as well. I've never been bothered about where the tandem's were set for bridge law's as long as the weight is right. DOT will hand you an over weight ticket faster than they will hand you a length ticket.

 

Skunk,

No offense, but you be dead wrong on that statement.

That length ticket can be VERY expensive !!!!!!!!!

 

Hey who are you calling an a hole???


Anyway, I heard 250lb for 2" spacing and 500lb for 4" spacing.

 

Size does matter!