moving tandems all the way forward

I've had one improperly loaded trailer that was heavy on the front. i had to slide them all the way forward to make it legal (12/34/34) and get the weight off my drives. My trailer didnt violate the 37 foot rule for md and i wasn't going though md. Mostly you need to worry about not having the rear axle further back then 41 from kinkpin.

I suggest if you own your trailer, get rid of the 41 foot sticker and just mark your trailer some how so its no so obvious to DOT if you need to run um a few inchs to far back. As you go through a scale they dont go out with a measuring tape but will see if you have a big sticker that says 41". Some states allow 43 though to.

 

I've had the dot pull out the measuring tape at a scale twice. Once at the EB scale on CA58 near Tehachapi and the I95 SB scales in Connecticut. Passed both times.