Calculating weight distribution.

I figured 2.5 feet or so would be enough but didn't want to take any chances because they didn't have a scale on site or anywhere nearby so I moved it back 4 feet. The broker also called me last night and said they needed to add a 500 LB pallet. I told him I'll need to make a few extra stops because I won't be able to do that with full tanks so he added a few hundred to the rate. I'm at 39.5k on the spread 30K on the drives. Scaled 80340 with full 125 gallon tanks so I need to burn about 50 gallons to be legal. First weigh station is about 200 miles away so it's not quite enough but I can always throw out some dunnage.

Thanks for your help Chewy! I'm gonna do some exact measurements and weights so I can make a calculator in Excel. I'll post it up here when I'm done with it.

Here's a pic of the load. Hopefully my poor trailer makes it and you don't read about me in the news lol.

 

No APU, I'm too cheap for that lol. I try to stay out of the hot states and installed a bunk heater for the winter.

Yeah that's what I figured. I had the time but didn't want to go back and forth between scales and shipper. Forecast is nice and sunny with no rain so I should be fine like this.

 

Trailer made it without breaking! Didn't get a single bypass, had to pull into every open weigh station. Had a few come and and look at it and ask me questions about it but no inspections. I don't get it, I got my authority a year an a half ago and still not a single inspection on any of my trucks, even during last year's blitz.

 

Not yet, haven't had much time. I keep wanting to take a week or two off to catch up on paperwork and stuff but all these easy loads keep popping up so I don't want to pass on them lol.