CA bridge law

you only have to move one hole probably wont be noticed
but i'm not driving your truck

 

So your over 400 over on the trailer tandems and the centre of the rear axle is at the 40 foot mark? If so what I would do is move it back and get the axle weight right. You shouldn't be too far back from the 40 foot mark. If you do get pulled for it you may get away with a reasonable excuse of the distance from shipped to scale then the fact that you tell them you were in the position of either over axle limit or over on length. I run Cali every week and have done what I just said on many occasions and have not had a problem yet. Your not going to be way over length and your axle weights will show you did everything you could to remain within the law. There is a reasonable amount of leeway and I would take the bet that you will be within it. I have been 200 lbs over on tractor tandems a few times in Cali, was questioned on it once and explains that I was hoping to burn the fuel down to get rid of it and was told ok on your way. As long as your legal on the other axles and not way over the 40 foot I think you will be fine. 400 is pushing your luck on getting by a scale , even go one more hole and get that 400 down to 150 and you will be fine. I came out of Cali at 34180 on the trailer last week and didn't have any issues at any scales. All that being said you will still technically be outside the legal length limit and you should do what you feel comfortable with, not just what you get told here. If you want to go back to shipper then your well within your right to do do and should not get any flak from your company about it.

 

There is a 200lb "leeway"...although probably an unwritten law...but I can tell ya they are looking for overweight much more then they are the bridge law. I live in CA and only seen a tape measure come out a scale once when they were targeting the bridge law enforcement. If you are stuck with one or the other, I would run illegal on bridge...the scales check EVERY truck...they have to be looking for Bridge Law enforcement!

 

Best get that re-worked.

California is NOT the place to be looking for a break from the law/regulations !!

 

I'm not familiar with California bridge law. I don't run there but if I understand correct you can only be 40' from king pin to last axle is this correct. If so then would that work with a spread axle trailer. Would my spread axle step deck be illegal cause I can't slide the rear axle?

 

I think you would be legal with a spread axle, I'm pretty sure they are 20,000 pounds each axle.

 

It's 40 foot king pin to centre of rear axle for 53 foot trailers. If your trailer is not 53 foot the bridge doesn't apply.

 

I was thinking cali have 41 foot

 

Curious as to where to find bridge law exemption for trailers under 53' in length. This is the info I found on CalTrans site

Length - Combinations: Combination vehicles coupled together, such as a truck tractor and semi-trailer, or a truck tractor, semi-trailer and trailer, are limited to 65 feet, or 75 feet, or may be unlimited depending on the route. In addition, legal trucks in California must not exceed a kingpin-to-rear-axle (KPRA) length of 40 feet. Truck lengths are illustrated on this web page: "Truck Map Legend": http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/trucks/truckmap/truck-legend.pdf. Truck lengths and routes are discussed in more detail in the Caltrans web page: Truck Size & Routes.

Am I miss reading it?