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  1. Aug 19, 2018 #1
    igordallastx

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    dear collegies. need urgent help. steer 11480, drive 34490, tandom 33900. 1/25 fuel tractor, almost empty def and reefer. planning to slide fifth wheel to remove weight from drive to steer and keep 1/25 fuel level till i reach customer. cascadia 2018. very long fifth wheel sliding rail. usually one hole is 400-500 lbs. but i cant believe this long rail has so many pounds per hole. anybody know specification for the cascadia 2018 fifth wheel sliding rail? thank you!
     
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  3. Aug 19, 2018 #2
    SteveScott

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    What position is the 5th wheel at now? Back, center?
     
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  4. Aug 19, 2018 #3
    SteveScott

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    Usually it's about 500 pounds per hole.
     
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  5. Aug 19, 2018 #4
    snowlauncher

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    It sounds pretty much like you're going to be slightly over if you slide them forward 1 hole. Try it and get a $1.00 re-weigh. I would probably take my chances being slightly over at a D.O.T. scale and hope they don't nitpick. Whatever you do don't put on more fuel!
     
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  7. Aug 19, 2018 #5
    Hyweighman

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    I think fifth wheel is about 250 a hole
     
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  8. Aug 19, 2018 #6
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    totally there is 19 holes. now 5th wheel placed at six hole from the tractor side.
     
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  9. Aug 19, 2018 #7
    SteveScott

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    Hopefully you're at a truck stop still. Move it up one hole and try a re-weigh. If my estimate of 500 pounds per hold is correct you should be pretty close. You know how to slide the fifth wheel with a loaded trailer, right?
     
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  10. Aug 19, 2018 #8
    igordallastx

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    Sure, thank you. I drive before old manual FT and there one hole was close to 500 pounds. But sliding rail was about ten holes. This one has 19 holes. Probably Highweyghman is right - 250 lbs. But yes, will reweight tomorrow. Driving now from pump to pump with empty tanks. But there no chance - or roll, or wait till Monday to remove some palletes from the back.
     
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    SteveScott

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    Good luck
     
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  12. Aug 19, 2018 #10
    bigblue19

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    Yep, 1 hole is all I would do. Better to be a little over on the drives then the steers & as long as your under gross even California wouldn't sweat a couple hundred.
     
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