over weight on steers

? I meant not getting a ticket until 500 lbs over at a scale. Your second sentence said exactly what I was thinking. Also, we always figured 8lbs/gal for fuel with 80% of the weight on the steers. Burn 100 gals = 800lbs = 600lbs, roughly, off of the steers. This is rule of thumb but I don't think that the driver is going to have any problem burning enough fuel to get it to 12,000 if he is that concerned.

 

This is the main reason I hold this forum close to my heart. I get to learn something new everyday. Thanks for the info. After all these years of learning something new everyday, today wasn't any different.

 

that would depend on the truck.

the w9 i drive. the weight drops off the drives 3 pounds to one pound on the steers.

the t600 i used to drive was about 1.5 back to 1 on the front.

 

Just close your eyes as you drive past the scale, they can't see you.


Works for my 2yr old neice at least LOL

 

One of the first things I did when I bought my current truck was to figure out how 5th wheel position, fuel weight and sliding front axle on the trailer affected axle weights.

I wrote that down over 7 years ago and still reference it to this day.

 

Of course...I was speaking in general terms. If you care to use 7 lbs/ gal to build in a margin of error that would work even better.