8' spread in California

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  1. Mar 30, 2013 #1
    plant

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    Alright folks, you're going to CA with an 8'1" or 8'2" spread. How much weight can you have back there? Bonus points for citing law.
     
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  3. Mar 30, 2013 #2
    379exhd

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  4. Mar 30, 2013 #3
    plant

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    Thanks, trying to navigate the CA DOT website on my phone was a pain. I guess I got extremely lucky then. I took a load to CA on this trailer with over 37000lbs on the spread... and passed a level 1 inspection at the Castaic scale. Then when I got back to AZ, the shipper refused to let me go with 35000lbs on there, telling me that my spread is under 8'6" so I can only have 34000. I never knew that. Thanks for the help!
     
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  5. Mar 31, 2013 #4
    snowwy

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    i beleive the atlas says 38,ooo on 8 ft. 39,000 on 9 ft, 40,000 on 10 ft. less then 8 ft. would be 34,000.

    i don't have my atlas handy but i'm pretty sure it's something to those numbers.
     
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  7. Mar 31, 2013 #5
    Saddletramp1200

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    Safe is 19,600 per axel. 34 on the 5th wheel 12,500 on steering. You better weigh everything you haul. Shippers lie.
     
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