12,320 on steers....

Look at the sidewall of your steer tires. Should give you a max allowable weight. Usually it's 6,175. Double that cause it's for each tire and that's your absolute max: 12,350.

Some states will allow up to 20K on any single axle, but in any case, you are not allowed to go above the tire rating.

Hope this helps.

 

What about fixing the hitch?

My guess is the hitch is wedged one side farther forward than the other.
Or it has been slammed forward and is jammed on a stop.

Can you loosen the bolts holding the rails to the frame to take the pressure off the bind it is in and then work it loose?

I would not count on any slack from the coop, and whatever you do don't tell them your 5th is stuck. Their response will be "So you knew you were over and rolled anyway?"

 

As a carhauler, I'm always 13K+ when loaded. I've had a few come out and read the sidewall, but no grief other than that. My last two regular tractors were both set-back front axles, and neither one of them spent much time below 12K. (I was running 24.5 LPs though, higher weight rating.)

Also, did you dolly the trailer to unload the 5th wheel when trying to slide?

 

why don't you go around them & then you won't have to worry about it.

 

No one is going to bother you at all. I had a co-driver going crazy because our truck was the same as yours. He insisted on sliding the trailer tandems, when I told him that only affected the tandem and trailer axles. I told him the truck had a stationary 5th wheel, was 5 years old, and had never had an over on the steers ticket, and would not get one now.

Hint. If you want to break the fifth wheel loose, lower the trailer dollies as far as you can, drop the air out of your tractor air bags. This will take the pressure off the 5th wheel. Rock the truck gently back and forth until it frees up.

 

Then squirt some dish soap on the "slide" and chances are it will slide.

 

But don't jerk the truck. Operative word is gently. Too rough and you can rupture an air bag.

If your truck does not have air dump valve, crank the dolly down to the ground, put it in low gear and crank on it some more. You will hear the axle settle. That's how you know you've taken the pressure off the fifth wheel. If you really want to mess with it.

Me? I'd run it as is. You're under max gross and under tire rating. You can tell the bears it's a fixed fifth wheel. Just because there are slots doesn't mean it'll move. May have been welded from inside by the company know-it-all.

 

I don't want to tell you to do anything illegal but you should be fine. I would say 75% of my loads were over 12,000 on the drives. As long as your steers are rated for it. I will say I have never had DOT read the rating on my steers. You also are well under gross. Try putting as much as you can on your tandems.