Ok I need advice from some doubles pros'. I need to know the correct way of weighing my rig when Im super heavy and also the weigh limit on the tractor and first trailer. I asked a couple different drivers but opinions seemed to differ quite a bit. I normally dont pull heavy on the doubles but recently I'v been doing it. I dont want to get a ticket.
What's the right way?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by RAGE 18, Jan 27, 2012.
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The correct way of weighing it???? A scale usually works best.
My daycab generally weighs around $14k with half tanks. Around 27k on the first box is about as heavy as you can reasonably scale, but this is a single axle tractor. I know of one driver who claims hes scaled 30k on the front box, but Ive never actually seen it done.
I dont really know what you mean by the correct way to scale it. -
I know u use a scale ok look last week a pulled a load out of Tangent Oregon ok I grossed 84k so I went back and took 2 units out of each trailer brought me down to 80k. Ok so here is the confusing part they told me to weigh my tractor and first trailer only and that I could carry 50k on those axles and then pull forward and weigh the pup wich was 30k so is this the right way? Another driver told me I could have 51k as long as the pup is not over 29k wich equals 80k. Now u understand my confusion?
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So just use the ol subtraction method all the way till I get to the back axle of the last pup. Ok sounds like a plan I will be ready to write all the numbers down thanks Harvey.
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Yeah, its not like in a tandem axle van pulling a 53 foot trailer where your axle limits equals 80k (12k+34k+34k=80k)...In a set like you are describing its 12k+34k+20k+20k+20k but you can still only gross 80k.
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Here's some info from Cat Scale. Not axle weights, but positioning tractor and trailers on the scale platforms to get weight-per-axle and gross:
http://catscale.com/how-to-weigh
They show trailers with tandems, but the same positions are used for trailers with single axles. Yes, you do scale the con-gear (dolley) axle.
If you hit a scale that is only big enough for one axle at a time (some shippers just have the single platform), then you roll each axle onto the platform and note each weight before moving to the next axle. The heavier trailer should go in front.RAGE 18 Thanks this. -
Hang on Ill show you my favorite way to deal with scales.
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