Load distribution

I agree that a general rule of thumb for legal 5 axle loads 1k per foot works.

 

Ok, thanks. So if I had left the front bunk 2' ahead, it would have moved 2000 lbs from the trailer group, onto the truck?

I was annoyed because I put in a lot of effort to try to load it evenly. Yes I was legal but I wanted to do better.

 

Yes if you would have stayed the two feet ahead you would've split #### near even. you had a decent split anyway it just would've rode better is all.

 

So, what would be a good method to find true center, considering the drives will weigh more than the trailer tandems when empty?

 

Speaking of load placement. Loaded this 1 foot ahead of centre. I was almost bang on with weights. 800lbs heavy on the trailer but o well. I was getting a permit anyways.

 

I always break it into percentages then measure center of the trailer and load the percent of the load ahead of center that should give me what I need on my drives.

The other day I loaded a crate that was 18 feet long and weighed 65000 lbs. I'm 18940 on my drives and 9870 on my triple on the back. I knew that I wanted 38k on the front and the rest on the back so I took 38000 minus 18940 which is 19060 divide that by 65000 that is 29.2 percent. Take 18 feet times 29 percent that is 5.22 feet. I loaded 5 feet ahead of center to make it easy I ended up with 37560 on my drives and 56360 on the trailer. I know that is a bit convoluted but it works for me.

 

1000 lbs divided by 20 ft hot the 2 add the xyz ah the heck with professor @TripleSix and @Dye Guardian just throw it on there.

 

Chewy you're stealing my loads! Jk That's my daily gig March thru November tho

 

Got into okc yesterday and we're just looking for small loads to finish out the week but keep me close to home. I was dreading full loads going just a few hundred miles with a 14 hour clock. I was pretty happy with this one. 10 minutes to load and secure for 350 miles.

Of course the load can't be too easy. It had to be hand offloaded on an Arkansas state highway with no shoulder with people flying by at 55 mph.

 

I think it's time to retire the waterproof long sleeved COAT I've been using when long sleeves are required.

I see pull on sleeves in my future...

90,000 lbs of rebar.