I am confused on my CAT Scale weight

Steers lose weight as the trailer load
Takes the weight off them
Basically lifting the front axle
Kind of a teeter totter effect

 

Great question!!

 

Imagine a very short teeter-totter. One end is your steer tires, and the other end is your drive tires. Sit on the drive tire end and the steer tires go up, or lose weight.

I drive reefer and keep my 5th wheel plate either all the way back or no more than a couple notches from the back. That way if my drives are at or below legal weight, I know that my steer tire weight will be fine even with a full tank of fuel. If I kept my 5th wheel further forward than the middle position, it would run heavy on the steers even if I was legal on the drives.

 

Yep, fixed 5th wheel Cascadias do handle it differently. I drove one for a couple years, but like my current T680, if you were legal on the drives, the steers were good to go.

 

I personally do not see a need for slidding 5th wheels, Like Ron Popiel, I set them and forget them. My steers do not change weight except for a couple of hundred pounds, never have to worry about them. In the old days guys would stretch everything out, but personally do not like the way that handles. I like balanced loads. 34 on my trailer, 34 on my drivers and close to 12 on my steers.

 

If what you say about the teeter-totter effect is true, which it is & I too agree with for the most part.. Then why did his steer gain 120lbs with the empty trailer.?

 

probably just the difference between the scales, you can go on and off same scale and sometimes get a small variance.