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Message:: [QUOTE="snowwy, post: 9482154, member: 30838"]I beleive the tanks are 6,000 gallons. I haul 7000. But My trailer is also 53 feet with extra axles. So it's a heavy hauler. Now, this is speculation since I don't know your truck setup. But this is what I've been seeing. In order to get the trailer fully grossed. You'll have to have a raised 5th wheel setup. To tilt the load back somewhat. The drives are heavier so those will gross out before the trailer. I've seen companies that have I think a 4 inch rise on the plate. I'm not sure if there are trailers that are wider in the back to load extra weight. Other then 4 axle setups. But I don't travel the country. So maybe there are. We tried the levelor adjust to max out ride height but that didn't accomplish anything to get more weight on the back. When I was pulling those single bore tanks. IIRC. Max weight was 77,500. Half tanks of fuel could get up to 78. The trailers were insulated. With heating capabilities. The trailer was tied in to the trucks cooling system. The truck supplied the heat to the trailer. We were hauling bio fuel which gelled at 43 degrees. So the trailers needed to be heated in order to haul the product in the winter time. The loads went to SoCal so gelling for them wasn't an issue.[/QUOTE]