Chips and logs

I'm getting some good stuff here, just what I need. The more replies I get, the more I see I don't/didn't know.
I'd think on your tire inspection, you'd want to look for rocks and even logs stuck between the duals as well.
Very good pointe on that hog wood, sure don't need to screw myself up worse than I already am.
Ya know, there's something that always scared the crap out of me down south. It was the way those guys hauling the pole logs did it. I actually saw many times, they'd use a rope, instead of chains and boomers to tie those logs on. And I saw a number of them with only one chain, plus the way they were loaded. It didn't look safe to me at all.
The way we haul the logs around here, mostly pulpwood, they are cut 100" long and hauled sideways on flatbeds. I can see very easily how top heavy those must be. That's something to be taken to heart for sure, I've seen where a rookie rolled a few times, and no way do I want that. Geez, scares the crap outa me just thinking about it.
I've always been very careful with following distance and speed around corners, ramps, etc., but I've never had a load as top heavy as these will be, so trust me, I'm really going to be extra cautious until I get a better feel for it, and I assume no two loads will be alike.
Here in Michigan, we can run 160k gross, if you've got the axles. When you go to scale, I can't see how you could possibly get a weight like you do with a tandem or spread. How do you figure what you have per axle? With these axle setups, I think each axle on the trailer should 17k or less. I know to multiply the number of axles by 17k on the trailer, add 34k for the drives, and approx. 12.5-13k on the steers, [Depends on axle and tire rating on the steers], to get the gross.

 

Oh, OK, I must have misunderstood what I read, thanks. Your steers stay the same?

Ya, your good for 36k with a 9', I though I remembered that. I forgot to mention, I drove a 53' rolltop spread a few times.

 

Here's what the state says about axle loads like we're talking about. You're right.

http://www.bordercenter.org/wastewatcher/weighta.html

 

Safety is the #1 thing, no short changing there, in the past and now as well.

 

LOL, yepper, we're on the same page!

That link of mine, if you go to the next in blue, it shows the same thing.