Axle Weights for Single Axle hauling doubles?

I'd say 17000. 17000*4= 68000 + 12000 for steers = 80000. But I don't pull doubles.

 

We are normally 11,700 on steers, 19 on single screw drives, the other 49,300 spread over the remaining 4 axles.

No more than 20 k on a single axle. Most states let 200lbs or so fly.

 

2 24 k trailers will be pushing it, a 24 and a 20 is often grossing us out in a 2014 Cascadeeeeearrrrrr.

Depends on the accuracy of your bills.

 

Here goes, and I pull doubles and have for the last 20 years.

Your allowed 12,000 to 12500 depending on the rating of the tires and axle.
Your allowed 20,000 per axle 40,000 per trailer.
you are still governed by the 80,000 gross. You do not get 92,500 without a overweight permit.

So if your legal you will probably not ne more than around 16,500 or so on the drives and trailer axles.

 

Bills are never accurate enough.

 

Start over.
First off my earlier post has the legal max listed. The first thing you have to do is hook up to them empty, fuel your tractor and go axle them out. list it like this Steer, drive, or drives, axle 3, axle 4 and axle 5.

First subtract your tare total weight from 80,000.

Take the difference and divide it in half, you should try to balance the load between the trailers, making sure if one is heavier it goes in front.

Normally 5th wheels are set directly over the drives with double. Your steer weight should not change when loaded, the drives carry the weight.

Hope this helps.

 

So basically what I said.

 

Yeah, but with out the tare you don't know how to load the trailers.

 

The one measurement that most seem to forget about is from the center of the axle on the first trailer to the center of the axle on the dolly. If they are less than 10' apart, you CANNOT put 20k per axle in most states. This is the one that catches drivers with over weight axles.