I think I'm over weight

How does dropping the air in the tractor affect sliding the tandems?

 

Jiminey!!!! What you hauling lead bricks!!! How the hell did they get that much weight in the nose!!!!

I've had entire loads of bulk potatoes all dumped in the nose and not been that heavy on my drives!!!

 

The drive axles are usually only rated for 40,000 lb unless you got the 46,000 lb. So maybe only do a little damage if any to the drive axles. If the scale house is open I'm sure they will understand. Just call Vlad if they make you get tow truck out to move the load. If you never seen one of them rotator tow trucks they are cool to see. Vlad won't mind paying for one I'm sure.

 

A group of 3 and a group of 4 banded (strapped) together?

 

Depending on how far back from the nose the load needs to be I have placed load bars length wise from the nose back to the cross wise load bars (a little duct tape helps hold foot of 1 load bar against pipe of other load bar until pressure is applied), then press load tight against the whole set up.

 

From what I understand, many company trucks do not even have the option to drop the suspension air.

45 is not going to hurt, we legally get 42 in the winter, and routinely pick up the belly axle once past the scales to get 50 and better. It is obviously overloaded and needs to be fixed, but I wouldn't worry about the rears.

 

You have to love paper rolls. I've seen 5 fatal truck crashes on the I-5 between Redding CA and the Oregon border in the last 5 years. Three of those crashes had paper rolls in the trailers that shifted on a corner the driver took too fast, and two of those crashes were on the same (well marked) curve in the highway.