Advice Setting up a 24' Flatbed (Curtainside) with a Moffett

That was with the Moffett on the back and 10 pallets. 1 Ton each. On the Intersmashable. Tires were 285/80-22.5 IIRC. 14 ply. I dont remember the weight rating on them.

The front axle maybe 14,600.... Not sure. GVWR for the truck is 55,200. It has 40k rear air bags. So front 15,200 ??

So if the rear axle needs pushed back at least 47" (almost 4 feet) then ?? Correct ?? 143" - 96" = 47"

I'll know more next week when we go pickup the Peterbilt from the dealership and bring it back.

 

I hear ya. I was always afraid the front end would collapse while I was hauling a full/heavy load. Pretty unnerving...

I'll look at the door tag and see what the front axle is rated at.

 

We also have a 2015 Dodge Ram 5500 flatbed we use. It has a 14' flatbed with a TommyLift hanging on the backend.

When I started work at this place, I noticed the front steers on the Dodge had very have wear on the INSIDE tread on them. I could tell right then and there this truck had been used overloaded a LOT ! Turned out we had to have the front ball joints replaced. Truck has 185k miles on it.

I did some figuring around with the GVWR including the bed and TommyLift. My figuring that truck only has a Payload Rating of 9000#s. The knucklehead coworkers were running it was 6 Full Pallets of Fertilizer each weighing 1 Ton (2,000#s). 12,000 #s total. Oh, that's ONLY 3,000 # OVER WEIGHT for Dodge 5500 !!

Got a story better than that I'll post later!

 

Door tag on the Intersmashable is 12,000 lbs. That explains the sagging front end when fully loaded!

New straight truck front axle rating is 14,200.

Yes, frame shop says rear tandems need moved back at least 4-5 FEET.