Hello All,
In a few days I am going to be leaving for California. Had a few questions I need answers to. I've sifted through this site & many others, however I really couldn't find a specific answer. The reason for me posting this.
The questions that I have are the following. I need to know when you measure the distance between the king-pin and trailer tandems, is it king-pin to front axle, middle of axles or rear axle?? From the websites I've look at, I've seen all 3. Even on the California website, I read in 2 different places, where it said Front Axle & Middle of axles.
The other night, while chatting away on the CB (Mainly killing time), I had a driver say that on a 53' Trailer (Which I'll be pulling) the front set of pins on the tandem, needs to be in the 5th hole. Would this be correct?? I do know that the distance needs to be 40'.
While this isn't my first time going to CA and it won't be my last time. I'm usually pulling my Itty-Bitty 30' Trailer and never had to deal with this.
Thanks all for your comments.
Robert.
California Trailer Restrictions
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Revers29, Jan 9, 2009.
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According to our company policy manual, it's 40' from the kingpin to the center of the rear axle. -
Depends on the state. Some states say kingpin to the center of the front axle, some say to the center between the axle, & some sat kingpin to the center of the rear axle. Ask your dispatcher. CA is 40' kingpin to the center of the rear axle. Weight is 34,000# drive & trailer. Steer is 12,000#.
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You could be 11,000# on your steers, 35,000# on your drives = 46,000# = overweight fine. I have a really hard time getting 12,000# on my steers.
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I ran into this problem at first when I got into the Pete. I had to move the trailer forward about 6 notches to get weight on the steers. I load the truck the same as before but now I have 12,000 +/- 200 on the steers and 34,000 +/- 200 on the drives.
Alot of scales won't bother you too much for up to 1000 lbs over axle or over gross. It all depends on the $$$$. The higher the ticket would cost then the higher the risk of getting a fine would be. -
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