How can I get more weight on my truck?
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Bdog, Dec 30, 2017.
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Loading the way you did is extremely tail happy. That can possibly give you handling issues (tail wagging the dog) in bad weather. You loaded across the whole trailer. This is what @johndeere4020 and @kylefitzy brought out in their posts. @Ruthless suggested loading more at the step. Dead on accurate. You want to load the trailer evenly so that the drives and the trailer carries nearly the same amount of weight. That makes all the difference in the world if you are on a slick road.
To be honest with you, that was an ugly load BTW. Glad you didnt have any issues since the load looks like its hanging over the sides of the trailer. -
A rough guess would be
11200# steers
32000# drives
36800# trailers
Notice my educated guess leaves at least 2000# leeway on each end and a max of 80000#
This guess is if your fifth wheel is 4" ahead of drive center
Please note I pulled a front sliding spread step for 5 years and have some experience in this. -
Just how it looks to me -
Lumber cut from old phone poles? Could they have been old power poles? Depending on the kind of wood used in the pole, doug fir, white fir, pine, or whatever there could be a major difference in the weight of the lumber.
Also, there are three or four different treatment methods for poles that can effect weight.
Some of the treatments evaporate with time with a resultant weight loss, some don't.
We haul a lot of railroad ties and power poles, both treated and green. The weights are all over the place. -
Yes they are heavy. A bundle of 25 boards 8' long weighs about 800 lbs. -
LOL...now they use stuff that doesn't last nearly as long as creosote so the pole companies sell more poles. Job security. -
Best way to sell product is get a regulation that requires people to buy your product; or periodically replace your product with a new version.
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@PeteyFixAll doesnt mind tho lol -
On a load like this where its smaller bundles,.. if you know or have a rough idea how much each bundle weighs,. I would try to stack more on the 2nd bundle right behind the step. Maybe invest in some tall pipe stakes if need be. I have 4 pipe stakes for mine and it helps on loads like this.
Here is a load that I needed pipe stakes in order to load it properly.
As for when dealing with longer pieces,.. say 45 - 55 ft in length. You can use dunnage and load levelers to control your weight distribution. Setting them accordingly to balance out the weight to where you want it.
Pics:
Here are 2 good examples. 1 with out load leveler,.. and the other with. Same principle used for both in setting the weight properly.
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The reason for setting the leveler so far forward was because the bottom 2 levels of pipe were 55ft. The entire load weighed in just over 45k lbs. With 2ft hanging over the front of my trailer.
Hurstcke Thanks this. -
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