a few tricks I have learned..

Telcobilly a tape measure and duct tape works better on measuring bridge laws. BTW if you can have the shipper load trlr for Calif. for every load if you can. The reason being is if you are legal for Calif. your legal in the rest of the states. If you get to the point where you think you know everything about trucking quit driving. This attuide makes you dangerous.

 

Telcobilly, you got to be kidding, right ? ILMAO

 

Not that it matters for everyone else, but my company puts on red marks on the frame rail on the trailer that you line the mudflap up with and thats the legal mark.

 

go off of # of holes in the slider. it works so much easier. if your company uses all wabash trailers or the same brand the holes dont change.
NON air ride is 4in spacing, AIR RIDE is 6in spacing so count accordingly. like a schneider wabash counting all holes from the front to the tandem pins minus the one where the crossbar is, thats your number. If you look at a newer schnieder trailer like TA700000 and up they have a yellow sticker above the tandews with a chart that says what holes for what states. If i get one of those trailers ill post a pic to show.

example. cali is 5th hole or forward. so you have the starting hole way in the front which im using a 0 then you get the crossbar which is x then you get the tandem pin thats the is t.
so its oXoooToooooTooo the front pin is in the 5th hole. on some trailers you will have 2 open holes then the crossbar, the same counting applies. ooXooToooTo pin is also in 5th hole

michigan is 4 thru 14 but anything you haul should be ahead of 13th hole even for pallets.

 

Heyl truck lines have bridge settings on the side of their trailers for some of the states & canada that they drive through.

 

Thats what Duct tape is for. Pull about 6 inches and hang it at the marking. I was taught this and it works great for a solo driver.

 

Didn't mean anything bad by it. I just never heard of that being done. If it works for you, more power to you. Since you posted this thread I've read a few and puzzles me the way drivers get it done. Im old school and usually don't go where king pin settings have to be adjusted. I pull either a spread or fixed tandems and loaded right the first time.

 

Wrong move there, if you watch to many Swift's, Werner's you might end up backing off a cliff, and never know it until it is to late LOL..