Confused about California law

CA must be at 40' mark or shorter and legal for all axles NO MATTER what the weight is.

 

U can't go more than 40 so that mean u have to be legal at 40

 

I was empty ànd they made me move 1 hole because I was over 40

 

Typical 53 foot dryvan and reefer have 3 foot kingpin from front of trailer. That leaves a balance of 50 feet back to the rear of the trailer. What most of us do is measure from the back of the trailer 10 feet forward and make a mark, rear axle cannot be past that mark. But yes if you want to be truly accurate, drop a plumb bob from the center of the kingpin to the ground, make a mark, measure 40 feet off that and plumb bob it back up to the bottom of the trailer and square using the Egyptian method of 3,4,5 to bring a true accurate mark out to the outside of the trailer.

 

Some trailer has marking on it too that say "cal" or "cali" for the right pin setting

 

It's 34,000 lbs maximum weight on both, drive axles and tandems. Not 38,000

 

Correct