Front axle weight rating and legal weights I can scale?

Yep. Not much though.

Oregon has lower weights.

I donated $300 for that lesson in weights. At the company expense since they told me I was legal. 4 phone calls to verify

 

We had to run 13k on the steer to be able to gross 101,500. That’s how we ran out there for years without any issue. Been measured multiple times in the state because we were always right up there close to 101,500 and they never said anything about the weight on the steer axle. All they’d do is check the tires. Our trucks were short to make offtrack in Idaho and we only had an 8’7” spread on the lift so we were guaranteed to get measured if we were anywhere close to max weight for us.

 

Not to derail the OP's post, but had to say that's a nice Jerr-Dan in your signature picture! Those rotators are a beast but our unconventional axle spacing with the tag between the outriggers makes it difficult to permit for weight in some states, especially since they are heavy to begin with. My semi-retirement side gig has me moving them all around the country for one of the distributors. P.S., maybe it was you, but I had someone from Big Al's (I think the same company as you) in one of my presentations last week at the Baltimore tow show. Very knowledgeable and pretty decent dude.

 

That was my boss, I don't have a mullet. You probably know our transporter too, Jack Russell? Definitely fun to try to go places loaded, we have a tow specific permit in WY and an annual OSOW in Colorado. Kind of just avoid scales everywhere else. The NRC style tags probably help a lot more to get weight off the drives and keep it on the steer, too bad their wheel lift is a pain to use.

 

Yes, I know Jack real well. Glad his health is coming around and he is back on the road again. Your dealer, Rocky Mountain, is a great group of guys, especially Chris. I work with a different dealer group but am friends with many of the other dealers and have a lot of respect for Chris and his group.

 

Wasn't going to happen with my setup. And I was told different.

 

600 pounds per inch of tire. Most of our steers are 11 wide.

 

Depends on the state. New Mexico for example goes by inches and without something wider than a standard lo pro or 11r you’re stuck at 12k.

 

How many miles ... ?