A tape measure will confirm the actual location on your trailer.
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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by poongdool, Aug 25, 2020.
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Actually just do what @uncleal13 suggested
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Did you get it worked out? Hopefully you don't have a fixed skid plate and got going. Looks like if you got the tandems up to the 40 ft mark, you might have had just enough room to slide back the skid plate to offset the difference from moving the tandems up. And don't pay attention to people who tell you what hole is legal. Every trailer manufacturer is different. My 2019 Utility reefer is legal in California on the 4th hole from the front. The 5th hold puts me over the limit.
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Get a tape measure and carry it with you. As long as you kingpin is 3 ft back from the front, as most van are, measure 10 ft from the back of the trailer and that will give you the rearmost spot where the center of the rear trailer axle can be.
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I’m confused as well he scaled in Cali and ran to Nevada border early am . So if he’s out of Cali no issue ??
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I know this won't help know since trailer is loaded. When going to CA with 53 trailer or loading in CA. Tell them to load trailer like a 48 trailer. This will always leave 5 feet empty in back of trailer. You probably will never go past the 40 foot mark with trailer tandems to stay under 34,000. It was usually hard to overload 48 foot trailer tandems over 34,000, it was not impossible. 48 foot trailers don't have a bridge law requirements. So load it like 48 foot trailer and it will almost always be legal.
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I’ve had places load light stuff on the nose and heavy stuff on the tail. Gotta watch out for non uniform loadsSoulScream84 and Brandt Thank this.
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