Trailer tandem in question

Have to be legal in every state.

 

Have to be legal. Which means setting your tandem before leaving shipper.

So yes. It's totally unrealistic. And why would you want to screw around with tandem settings during transit anyways? Load, Set position. And go deliver.

 

Delivering location has nothing to do with any of the king pin and/or bridge laws.
Simply look at the atlas, see which state has the worst king pin laws and set tandems accordingly. Say you are delivering to Cali. from Main. At the shipper set to Cali requirements, that way you are legal in every state you go through. If the shipper refuses, reject the load. (get a hold of dispatch if a company driver)

 

With an 80k gross load and a 53 foot trailer and originating in parts of the east coast that axles okay at California setting, in theory, you could get busted with bridge laws in states in between (too short for 80k) it's a catch 22 in some cases. This is trucking across the USA.

The "California setting" has nothing to do with any bridge law and in fact works counter to customary bridge law.

 

Is it possible to be too short for bridge. Afterall, You're going to cali. I don't see cali having a bridge that wouldn't meet other states. That would be some sort of federal lawsuit or something if that were the case. Legal for cali but needs to be lengthened for other states.

 

To me thats an odd question. I did otr for my 6 months and i set the tandams one time a load. To keep all my weights down below the axle weight. Never heard of someone stoping and fixing tandems every state... like ever

 

Reading the bridge formula table, the heavier you are (GVW), the longer you need to be (not shorter)

This helps to avoid concentrating too much weight in too little space.