28k lbs on front of trailer?

I would say very close to over on the drives.

 

How heavy are your drives empty?

 

You’ll be over on your drives.

I don’t know enough about your setup, but, this will be close. If you can scale a 50K pound coil at the centerpoint (24’ mark), we know the load is equally split, front and rear. That tells me we can put 25K on the front half of the trailer and 25K on the rear half. You’re wanting to put 28K pounds on the front third of the trailer, which puts even more to the drives than the front half of the trailer, exacerbating the overweight situation. Always remember, we need to use the centerpoint (24’) of the trailer, working in halves, to keep things balanced.

Here’s the best I can offer. You’re looking at a 28K pound load, spread over 16’. That works out to 1750# per foot. You’re going to need at least 2’ of the load behind the centerpoint of the trailer, which moves 3500# to the rear half of the trailer, leaving 24500# on the front half (remember my 50K coil example). If you have a spread axle, the spread will carry even more of the front half’s weight, being even safer on what I’ve worked up. If it were me, I’d be at least 3’ behind the centerpoint, just to be safe.

 

28,000 pounds loaded in front would put my drives over.
I just found this website. Not sure how good it is.
Try this.
TruckLoadScale.com Load Distribution Calculator

 

It could go either way. If it transferred no weight to the steer or the trailer it would be about 40k. But we know it would transfer some. Would it transfer 6,000? Maybe, but it would be iffy.

 

4.5’ back from front of trailer..
Can go 1,000 lb per ft(48’ trailer/with spread)
tie up 28’ of trailer.
That way you took up about 32’ of trailer.

Could probably went 4’ back but 4.5 to be safe