5 axle tractor? Worth it or not?

You’re not going to bridge out at 105,500 in Oregon. I saw one truck that could do it. It was a Volvo daycab, fuel tanks under the doors, and the lift axle was right behind the cab and had a huge spread. Truck was practically a twin steer.

Two trucks I drove bridged out at 101,500 in Oregon with 13k on the steer, the truck pictured above bridged out at 102k in Oregon with 12k on the steer.

It’s your truck, but like I said I wouldn’t add weight if adding the weight wasn’t going to benefit me. Seems like searching for a solution to a problem that can easily be remedied other ways. Also, might want to measure your truck and pretend you had a 5th axle and see if it would even do you any good in Oregon. My old boss had some 5 axle 53’s that could gross 101,500 with a regular 3 axle tractor. Except in Oregon. They didn’t give anything for the 5th axle and would only allow 97k gross.

 

By the conversation I had when getting a ticket. I figured 102,500 for Oregon.

I weighed 105k.

Now I coulda slid back. But then Oregon said they could radio highway patrol if my steers were too light. Which weighed 10k. I didn't think about the drop axle pressure. That maybe could have helped with taking weight off the drives.