Guessing weight!!??

Not to mention you really need to know if you are too much overweight as it's tearing up your rig. Are you sure your axles, tires, trailer, etc are set up for that much weight?

-Steven

 

Wrong calculations caused Big Bertha to overshoot her target.

 

25 ton on a set of 28 flats is 81,000 gross

seems likely 25 ton on a 53 should be right at 80,000 gross.

45 tons is 20,000 overweight

 

What is a wireless scale?

You seem to worry about this after damage has been done. If you don't have scale access, don't take the load.

If you have an air suspension, then get a "Right Weigh" system installed. If you have spring suspension, consider a portable scale with pads, spend the $3k for it because if you get into an accident, you will spend a lot more money defending yourself.

 

Doh! I added the overweight to 80,000 gross. What was i thinking.


Well that's embarrassing!

 

Start by measuring the height of your trailer loaded and unloaded on level ground. The springs should say the same if the weight is the same. You could also measure the distance from the axle to the trailer frame.

 

There is always a lighter weight option....whole load weighs 10K

 

This. I load bulk in a pneumatic trailer, day in and day out. I use regular ole' air pressure gauges. One on the trailer, one on the truck. I stand at the back of the trailer while loading the middle hopper, and load that gauge to 52 psi. Then pull up and load the back hopper till the trailer gauge says 63 or 64. Get in and confirm the tractor gauge is at 60 or a little better. Then head to the scale with my 50,000 pound load.

No need for any fancy-schmancy devices that convert the psi to pounds. Just a regular air pressure gauge, and learn how to use it, and you're good to go.

 

Access to a CAT scale and the two psi gauges is really all one should need. My truck maxes out (37,100 lbs) at 71 psi for Canadian loads and 62 (33,900) for US loads. That's the closest I've ever been to the max allowable weights without going over and always go by those numbers on level ground.

 

Looks like roof insualtion....