Fifth wheel height and overweight on drives

Looks like fifth wheel needs forward

 

Can't you slide tandems?

 

Yup. Move 1000# up onto the steer and your problem is solved.

 

I was assuming the OP pulls a tanker, as a liquid product is the only thing that would be affected by 5th wheel height. Most tankers don't have sliding tandems. The solution here is simply to move the 5th wheel forward...has room for 1260# and only needs to lose 1040# from the drives.

IF the tandems can be slid, he could move them as well to balance the load that way...but that doesn't change the fact that the 5th wheel is too far back and he'll never get 80,000# legal where he's got it. If it is a liquid tank, he may look into a small riser or slightly taller 5th wheel plate in addition to moving it forward, so that the load is balanced better between the drives and trailer...needs about 1000# or so shifted backwards, too, to fully balance the load.

 

Ya just slide it forward 2 notches and should be good

 

17 k max per axel if is a tandem. Maybe something else is wrong. IN,IL,GA they love split tandem weight