700lbs over, what should I do

That’s a hard one: we have a 450 lb overage allowance due to our apu’s So; I would probably run with it since I’d burn off fuel along the way: figure fuel runs 7 pounds a gallon and how many miles do you get per gallon and how many miles away are you from the scale......

 

What is the weight of steer axle as well as both sets of tandems..

 

IT IS ALL ON YOU!

 

Slide your 5th wheel back one notch and go.

 

Slide your 5th wheel back one notch.

 

You mean slide the fifth wheel forward, towards the steers. Each notch that the fifth wheel slides will move approx. 500lbs towards the steers or drives. If you slide the fifth wheel forward, towards the steers, it will take weight off your drive and move them to your steer axle. If you slide the fifth wheel backward, towards the drives, it will remove weight from the steers and put them on your drives.

How much do your steers weigh? Technically, your legal steer axle weight will be the lesser of either your steer tire rating, or your steer axle rating. 12,500lbs on the steer is usually always safe, but legally it could be less depending on your specific truck specs.

Also keep in mind the fuel. How much do you have in the tanks? Diesel is approx. 7lbs a gallon I believe, and when it gets burned off most of the weight is taken off your steer axle.

So if you have a light steer axle (say 11,500) you could move 1,000 lbs from the drives to the steers by sliding the fifth wheel forward about 2 notches, towards the steers. Then if you are full on fuel you know some of that steer weight will drop when you start burning through your fuel.

 

What does the steer actually weigh? Are you using 12k as the max weight? A single axle can be 20,000 lbs. should the axle and tires be rated for same.