legal loads

That must have got the adrenalin going!

 

Couldnt take the chance. The trailers I pull all have fixed rear axles. No sliding axles to make weight for the kid....

 

First, you are gonna have to break these weight down a little bit better, because I can't tell which one goes with what. Work on the typing skills here, then work on the truck weight skills.

1 Over gross, so it doesn't really matter what steps you take.

2 Slide the trailer axle back to remove at least 600 from the drives

3 Too much on the drives, might correct by shifting the trailer axle back, might have to go back to the dock and shift weight

4 Go to the dock and reload it properly

5. Probably have to go to the dock and make the front of the trailer heavier

 

well in the case of S-12,800 D-34,800, T-33,500

In This Scinaro, steer=10,800 drive=34,600 trailer=32,800

steer=11,980rive= 35,000 trailer= 32,000

steer= 13,000 drive= 35,200 trailer= 33,000

steer= 11,800 drive= 31,500 trailer=36,500

There are Many Different ways of handeling these situations, and other drivers will have different answers, it also depends on how the shipper treats you, if they tick you off and your over gross like CH Robinson has done to me in the past i will Top off my tanks with as much fuel as they can hold and have them take off more product and i don't have to worry about putting 40 gallons in every 3 hours, but if your an owner operator that isn't a very good ideal,

Other things to keep in mind is where your Fuel Tanks are located because they can add weight to your steer's or Drive's depending, also for a rule of thumb Fuel weighs 8lbs per gallon,

there have been a few times where i have hauled loads (short runs 300-400mi) with only putting in 20 gallons of fuel at a time till i got to the shipper but thats a decision you choose to make or not to make.... but like everyone else says

-IF your Steers are heavy shift the 5th wheel towards the trailer
-IF your Drives are heavy and the Trailer doesn't have much room for weight shift your 5th wheel towards the cab if there's room
-IF your Drives are heavy but theres room on the Trailer shift the Trailer tandems towards the Cab
-IF the Trailer Tandems are heavy shift them towards the back of the Trailer

Also keep in mind the length laws for the states you will be driving through...

 

That used to be true. It's not any longer, some states are starting to weigh the "spread" axles individually.

It seems you can still apply the single axle rule to each axle individually...

IE, you have 40 on the spread...you better not have over 20k on either axle individually.

 

AS long as you center load you are OK. I run 50.000 on mine sometimes and I slide thru the scales with no problem.