Fueling when heavy, will it add weight to the drives?

Weird how one truck to the next could be different...he did say his tandems were all the way up, but idk what that would do to the weight, i always thought moving them back puts more weight on the drives, but i pull flatbed so i dont know much about how that stuff works

 

Oops, I missed the part about the tandems. Yes, moving them back would put more weight on the drives. Most of my career has been open-deck, but the last few years I moved to the dark side and am doing something I swore for 20 years I'd never do again; pulling a reefer. Still hate 'em, but I've gotten spoiled and lazy.

 

Being able to adjust your fifth wheel might keep you from having to re-work a load or stop every 100 miles to dribble in a little fuel. The extra time involved and the hassle would make the added cost of an adjustable fifth wheel make sense.
Spend a little to make a lot, no?

 

My company has figured out the optimal 5th wheel location for fuel economy vs weight distribution... And its fixed there.

My reefer unit is so close to the sleeper that I can barely squeeze between the 2 to get load locks out... And I can't open the reefer Maintenance covers completely without unhooking.

I've never had a problem with overloading the steers or drives if its loaded correctly. I gross 79,800 to 79,980 very often when I haul bulk potatoe loads.

 

An adjustable 5th wheel is also several hundred pounds heavier than a fixed one... When your paid by the hundred weight that couple hundred pounds can equate to losing several hundred dollars per load.

 

I can't tell Crete what to do. I can modify a truck I bought from Crete though.

The account I am on tends to have a lot of heavy loads too, so that adjustable 5th wheel will be happening, but it might be a couple months down the line. I have a B service, a valve adjustment, and a couple other tweaky fixes in the problem book that take precedence.

 

Yes.
We all know the cheap stuff weighs less than the good stuff.

 

Many never learn how to slide the fifth wheel without trashing the clutch and/or driveline. I suspect some companies have made the decision that it is cheaper to deal with occasional weight issues than repair bills.

 

The response was probably based upon the assumption that the OP wanted to fill completely up. An o/o tries to take advantage of better fuel prices, as do better company drivers. It had nothing to do with the weight of fuel as it relates to price.

 

Several hundred? Hardly. And what are you hauling that pays that much?