Overweight on steers!?!? S~O~S

If no new weight was added then the angle of the truck changed... broken or weak front spring, air ride set too high in the back, or too low on air ride front suspension .. unless it's the most overlooked issue snow and ice buildup

 

I suggested scaling the drive axles separately. Do that with a loaded trailer, it will be more informative.

 

This never occurred to me in this day when individual axle platform scales (3 platforms) are generally available for most. However, trying to axle scale on some single platform scales can be an excercise in futility, especially if the scale is high, and the ingress and/or egress is low. These scales were designed to gross weigh shorter combinations, and were not designed to provide remotely accurate axle weights.

This is common at various chicken plants and aggregate operations, as well as others.

Depending on the geography of the scale situation, how to get the most accurate weights depends, and many do it all wrong. In most cases, best bet is to pull on completely, get gross, then drive and trailer, then trailer, then do the arithmetic.

In most cases, however, many want to get the steer only, then proceed from there. This is rarely the optimal sequence on most setups

 

new airbag.
something is now not right.
have it checked.

 

Did your, empty , axle weights change.
Good luck

 

12900 on the steers.
What do you have on the drives and trailer?

 

I was reading this comment again and just wanted to share some thoughts. First understand 12,000 and under is what you should be trying to get when loaded. However unless you are really over gross most states are not going to give you a hard time with some extra weight on those steers, provided your truck is rated to carry the extra weight. If you do not have a good Rand Mcnally Truckers atlas I suggest you get one. This webpage also has the information you need. As to your weight issue either you have added some extra weight or something has slipped out of proper adjustment. I don't think there is any 3rd options. When I was on the road I almost always was loaded heavy. Either beer or bottled water. I also drove a heavy Prostar Tractor. I can remember some cat scale tickets where I was at almost 14,000 on my steers. In that prostar if I was carrying a load anywhere much over 40,000 I was almost always around 12,700 to 13,500 on my steers. I went through hundreds if not thousands of state scales, I did get stopped several times in Missouri but once they looked at my specs I was sent on my way. If you have a problem get it fixed, but as long as your truck is speced to handle the extra weight on those steers I would not lose sleep over it.

 

I'll bet that is it. Either the tow or the airbag replacement now causes the tractor to sit at a different angle than before putting slightly more weight on the nose.