help with weight

Depends on what your tires are rated for , if had a rating for 13000 I'd use it, mine are rated for 12500 .. just so long as it's not of over gross..

Steers 12490,

Drives 34000

Tandems 33510

 

Haven't had a problem with it here .. ever... no over weight tickets of any kind

 

It's not just Freightliner, my company's newest Cummins powered Prostar's were over 13k on the steers bobtail. But, they were delivered with standard weight rated tires (6175 lbs max per tire). Which sucks because we're a plastic bag maker, and company policy is trucks can't exceed 12k, 34k, 34k...they had to adjust their policy for new equipment and have the dealer come out and re-equip the trucks with legal load rated tires.

When I was at Crete, the last Century Class I was assigned had an APU, and 12k front axles...any load over 38k put me over the rated limit of the steer axle, but I never got ticketed and ran over 12k regularly. (They had fixed 5th wheels)

 

Missery(Missouri) too

 

The driver is too heavy. Maybe dont eat before you get on the scale.

 

Better tires? Like what michelins?

 

No. Like load range "H" (16-ply) instead of "G" (14-ply). They cost about $20 more.

 

I drive a 15 cascadia and I'm never over 12100 on my steers. My fifth wheel is 4 holes from the Last notch