help with weight

States that don't specifically post a steer axle limit that 20k applies but even then you'd need an axle and tires rated for that. And I know for a fact that Missouri ain't going to let you go 20k. A friend of mine got shut down on 70 near KC because it turned out his tires weren't rated high enough for the load he had on his steer axle and he was put OOS until he had 16 ply tires put on.

 

For the millionth time your steer axle is legal to 20k everywhere just like the axles in a spread. The only limitation are your equipment ratings and most new emissions trucks have 13 200 steer axles. You just need load range h steer tires.

 

I'm pretty sure that 20,000 lbs only applies to axles rated and having enough tires for that kind of weight.

I don't think that 20,000 lbs applies to the steers. Where it's not rated nor has the tires. Even if it had superwides.

 

Stexan is right on. I was a car hauler for a lot of years and I got away with being way over on my steers. 13,000 The secret to keeping the DOT happy is the rating on your steers. This article will tell you everything you need to know about steer tires and their ratings.

http://www.truckinginfo.com/article...are-your-steer-tires-up-to-the-challenge.aspx

 

i roll around the country with 12,700 on the steers. unless i'm going to oregon, then i slip it back a notch.

 

So you don't think a 20k steer axle exist? Go to your local cement plant and look at the dump trucks and cement trucks. Ffs...

 

This is such a timely post; I haven't had many problems keeping my steers under 12k but the other day I was freaking because I wound up having to go through a weigh station right after fueling and I knew from the few days prior that I would be running over on my steers. The weigh station ended up being closed but it's still been on my mind.

So thanks for all the assurances that I don't have to worry about that so long as my tires are rated for it and I'm not over 80k gross!

 

It applies to steer axles as well. As long as equip with a 20k axle and the correct tires. All our trucks have 20k steer axles with 425 tires, we are a heavy haul company. The federal law is 20k steer, 34k tandem ect, all figures come from national bridge formula for weights on groups. States have additional limits too but in this case with the right equip these low weights should be no issue.

 

Didn't say they didn't exist. Just said they're not rated. Be realistic here. Everyone on here posting you can haul 20k on the steers. REALISTICALLY SPEAKING. We can't. We're not driving heavy haul like bigred posted. And i used to haul cement. Don't need to make the drive.

 

And your tires need to be at the right PSI for that load. That's something else the Missouri DOT will check.