Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

Wow that one is a thinker...let me know how it turns out..

 

This has a bunch of us standing around scratching our heads.....
We have been waiting now almost 10 hours on this load.....
Which BTW was screwed up to begain with.... we were given 48 hours to run 2760 miles. At best with no stops for fuel or nature breaks I figure 56 hours but more like 61 to 69.
So now we get here they have added two stops to the run, added 200+ miles.... and we still have 48 hrs. Then we go back to.... we have been setting here for 10 hrs for them to re-load the trailer and.... yep we still have the orginal 48 hr window.... which I figure we only have about 30 hrs left on..... Can we say LATE!!!!!

 

Put the fifth wheel all the way forward. Your steers should be rated to run that way unless they are super cheap tires. The more weight you can shift to the steers the more you can pull of the tandems. Really won't add up to be that much anyway but a couple hundred pounds like you have in this instance to move will probably cover it.

Like you guys said too, it is a possibility its pulling up on the kingpin. I can tell just by the axle weights it wasn't loaded correctly. That's a 10,000lb difference!!! If this is correct and you guys run through some bad weather this can be very dangerous. If the kingpin is being pulled up imagine what your drives are doing!? They are being lifted too! This can cause a break in traction. Was this a preload guys? Maybe hector the forklift operator burned one at break time! :smt028

Let us know what the verdict is.

 

I have seen it happen. And it is exactly what it is doing. It is creating a fulcrum point at the trailer axles that is causing the front of the trailer to lift up on the 5th wheel. When it is that far off it actually will ride fairly smooth, but steering will suck if you hit a rut or go off the crown a little.

I have not run Cali in years, so I go rear of the 40 foot mark all the time. And I am still legal in the states I am running.
If you are not going to Cali, then check the Atlas for the restrictions in the states you are running. Many do not have a bridge law. And most that do are easer to deal with than Cali.
Oh, and watch out for big dips in the road. You will really feel that in the steering.

 

Ummm... Putting it all the way forward would defeat the reason they have an issue. It is the steers that are over lol.
And moving it back more would not help much eather. Since it would add more leverage to the trailers lifting effect.
This happens allot with loads of mixed product.
They do not want to put the heavy Mayo, BBQ sauce etc. In the nose. Because it will make the front too heavy.
They need to place it in the middle. But forget and put it past the middle and into the rear of the trailer.

Verdict is that they said they waited another 10 hours to have it reloaded lol.

 

Oh, most steer tires these days are rated at around 6200 lbs at 110. So anything over 12400 you are over for the tires. AZ has been having a field day with this one.

 

Well they reloaded the trailer - taking over 12 hours to do it (GRRR) - and took two stops off and added one near our 99... we are almost possitive that it was a teeter/totter effect. Lifting up on our 5th wheel, and making it press on our steers. We are now legal and running at about 60K GVW.. heading to OR from NC

FINALLY a run with some miles!!

 

12 hours! Man, they probably were stacking cans by hand back there! Gotta love that! Well at least you are on your way now and the mystery is somewhat solved.

Drive safe....

 

I hope you did a Mac 13 and 14 when you went back.. If you did you can get detention for that.. If you didn't it's an expensive lesson...