Formula for sliding tandems

What's the 20 on the bridge law. I thought the 41' law was so you can fit on the Cali scales since they are to cheap to upgrade..

 

41' in California? That's news to me.

 

Lot's of different ones by state.
Many are 41' to the center of rear tandem axle (about 5th hole)
Many are 41' to the center of the tandems (about 11th hole)
Some are N/A.
CA is 40'.

Swift has a page that lists each state.
Maybe ask at driver window at a terminal.

 

oh,no......

 

My mentor and I went to SLC to pick up a tcall and take to Cali. Trailer was set at the 7th hole. Mentor dude threw a hissy fit and went in and got the guy who dropped the trailer a service failure for being past the 5th hole.

Well, later on I checked it out the 7th hole is right on the 40 foot mark for the 53xxxx series trailers. I look back on everything mentor dude taught and reconfirm with many different people to determine if I have the true dope on how things are much like GM is doing here, bravo by the way for asking. Usually what happens is you take a the best advice from everybody and apply what works for you.

I have suspension gauges on the truck that will tell me the weight on the drives translated into air pressure. So I know if it shows 52 psi, I'm pretty close to max, better get the scale ticket.

Sometimes you get a stubborn shipper, had 1 guy who loaded me up 34,700, I made him fix it and even offered advice how he could fix it but he wanted to do it his way and I came back with 34,100 he refused to fix it again. I don't play that game anymore, they fix it or I don't haul it period. My family is counting on me more than the shipper and receiver are.

 

I will ditto - CA is 40' - and they do inforce it!! So if you are running to CA - and can't legal it at the 40' mark, get the trailer reworked...

 

Formula:
1. Get thyself a truck that is designed to distribute 80,000 pounds properly (Kenworth)
2. Go to CAT scale and waste $9.50 dollars.

 

Nine holes from the close bar in front

 

oops typo thought i put 40

 

And is the saying, "Push the weight back; pull the weight forward" accurate when trying to figure out which way to move the trailer to redistribute the weight over the tandems?

In other words, if there is too much weight on the trailer axle, pull the trailer forward. If there is too much weight on the drive axle, push the trailer back.