tandems

only other time you may be required to move your tandems, some whare houses here in Maine require your tandems be all the way at the back for the forklift trucks to unload.

As to the adjusting, I told the wife were it needed to be. Painted the pin white, then slid the tandem. Wife would pop the lever and woopee! On the road again.

 

im new at this but, i leave my5th wheel at the secont to the last hole. than the tandems i set at the 4th or 5th hole i think thats about 40 feet from the center of the 5th wheel to the center of the rear tire on the tandems

 

And what happens when you roll across the scales with 24,000 lbs on the drives and 35999 lbs on the tandems?

 

i dont no. like i said: i am new at this trucking thing. u fix it. have not run into that problem yet.

 

I may just be pulling this out of my butt,

All trailers are not the same

I have pulled traillers with 2 inchs between holes, 3 inches 4 inches and six inches.
alot depends on brand, some on model. I scale everything over 30K. Boss pays the scale ticket, and I can spare the time.
Good Luck, and safe miles

 

what i find that works for me is. first thing that i do is look at the weight of my load then look at holes of the trailer that i have the trailer with the big holes are 250pds, per: hole, and the smaller hoes are 200pds. per:hole. the bigger holes i go the 11th or 13th hole.. the smaller hole i go 7th or 9th hole and that usually works for me.. 9times out of 10 im right on point with that with out sliding the fifth wheel...

 

I have my 5th wheel set so it is even between the two drive axles. That places 11,800 on the steers in most cases with full tanks. When the load is 43K or above, I might have 12,000 or 12,100 on my steers with full tanks. I have not had to move my 5th wheel since I placed it there. I run reefer, which means normally I haul a load that weighs between 40-45K and have run a load as heavy as 46K...legally. It was close, but I have an APU. I was 12,100 on the steers, 34,240 on the drives and 33,640 on the trailer with that one. 3/4 on fuel. Bears didn't turn a hair.

Depending on where you are going, you will have to set your trailer tandem for bridge law. If you count from the very first hole that would have been a hole if it wasn't for the stop bar, go back to the sixth for California. Include the hole used for the stop bar on your count. Even on a 6-inch spread slider rail, this will place your kingpin setting at the legal 40-ft for Cali.

I scale everything over 40K, but I also have a load scale installed on my tractor so I know what my drives are going to scale out at.