Let it ride?

12,500 12,500 12,500 12,500 jeez 12,500 is LEGAL. yes 80k is gross, but that 500lbs is your fudge factor to get drives legal on a grossed out load.

 

I would run it as is, Not sliding anything. By the time you roll across a scale you will be under 12k on steers.

 

I just remember at my previous reefer job, I left the 5th wheel where it was when I got the truck. I ran it there for about 6 months. Then I decided to move it up the final 2 notches to move more weight to the steers because I was under 12k while at 34k on drives. Those 2 notches bumped my fuel up by right at 0.2 MPG. This .2 was noticeable in the short term, and held long term, too.

 

12.5 is legal. I drove everywhere with a KW studio sleeper over 12k on steers when heavily loaded. Can't get it under unless lightly loaded and that was with a spread axle trailer. In others words your legal.

 

I may have missed something so I see the flatbed training is done?

 

I looked and looked,what's wrong with those weights?Cops won't say anything with only a few pounds over.But if you still have the same trailer the next time youre near your terminal you should see about having a mechanic fix those tandems so they slide.

 

Are u running flatbed or van?

 

NOTHING wrong with that weight. You are legal.

 

Your steer tires are good for 6175 pounds each for a total of 12,350. Axle is probably rated at least 12,500 or even 13,000.

Too many by the book safety managers think 12,000 is the max but it isn't. 12,350 is usually going to be your magic number unless you have 34,000 and 34,000 then of course to be in at 80,000 the max would be 12,000.