2011 Cascadia - fuel both tanks evenly or ok to just fill one?

I would go with 30 on the drivers side tank.

 

I fill one side very often, never had my Pete run dry

 

Dual tanks even out the levels automatically via a crossover line. If you have two dry tanks and put 100 gallons in one tank, they will even out with 50 gallons in each tank.

 

the tanks equalize. you can put 30 gallons on either side. but if your low. the prefered side would be the drivers side. or passenger side if the case may be.

 

It will depend on the wheelbase of the Cascadia. If you have the short wheel base, the fuel weight is 88% on the steers, 12% to the drives.

The questions you need the answers to are:

1. What is your tare weight tractor/trailer?
2. Do you have sliding 5th wheel or set?
3. What is the estimated freight weight, and have they figured in pallet weight with the actual freight?
4. What is the combined capacity of the fuel tanks...twin 100 gal, twin 120 gallon...
5. What is the route of travel for this weight, are you restricted in placement of the trailer axle group for bridge law? (i.e. CA 40' king pin to center of rear axle)
6. Does the shipper have an on-site scale, if not how far to your closest public scale and can you get there legally?

These questions, and their answers will make an accurate estimate of what you can legally accomplish!

 

Put it in whatever tank you want. It will equalize between the left and right side.

 

IF running low id prefer drivers side as its sits higher due to the crown of the road and tends to suck air first imo

 

Very few truck have cross over fuel lines, tecnically, anymore, the fuel will be drawn mostly from the higher fuel level in either tank and returns evenly to both. On a good sound fuel system the fuel will stabilise threw the reurn line. if parked slow but it does flow, gravity works That could be called the cross over line.
Just a thought!

 

My tanks on my '08 Pete, C15 Twin Turd, equalizes all the time going down the rode. Last night I noticed that they did not equalize while sitting parked on level ground. Do they have to be running to equalize. It doesn't have a cross over line like my older '92 pete.