Opinions from flatbed guys....

Hey all....I need your opinion on my bed.

I am scheduled to haul my heaviest load yet (on this truck anyways)....30k.

It is 24' feet long plates....so my entire bed and dang close to my max weight.

By looking at my truck/axle layout.....do you guys think this will scale OK?

It will be 30k spread over the entire bed length AND width.

I have done a tad over 25k and it felt fine and scaled with no issues...

This is the best shot I have of the side of my truck....but a tad of bed is missing on the back.

 

My empty weight with maybe 70 gallons of fuel was 22k on one scale (steel shipper) and 20 on another (local stone yard)....:/.

It turns out this load is going to be 27k so no worries now! Well other than I am gonna be dang slow through the Appalachians!

 

Yea I am going to hit the pilot by my house on 611 tonight....scale it with full tanks...

 

Thanks man! 1988 with 57k original miles on it when I bought in Middle of 2015....82k now.

From Los Angeles CA so never seen crap weather...mint and clean in and out!

 

I found out more about the 27k load. It is 3 big thick plates of steel.....1 big,1 smaller, 1 smaller yet. So I will be able to stack them where I want. I'll keep the overhang for the big 24' plate only and then position the other 2 more forward.