Sliding 5th wheel: Why do some drivers ride with the 5th Wheel so far back?

They think it looks cool, worry about your own rig man.

 

My dad's truck has an adjustable fifth wheel but the previous owner took off the air system and bolted it in place. In flatbed I always run with it all the way back, gives me extra room for when I need to use the overhang on the front

 

I need to slide them all the way back when i pull a 28 foot tlr or it will rip the mudflaps off

 

I'm with you loose leaf. I don't understand it either. Any truck I've driven rides and scales better with it centered or close to the centerline of the front drive axle. I can understand it if you have to for clearance but to just do it seems wrong.
Dix. In your world I guess its wrong to ask questions and try to learn something? Just because it's someone else's truck? Gives me an idea what kind of an operator you are.

 

I run with mine slid all the way back always. Think it rides better plus it leaves plenty of room I can walk under the neck of my step. Just driver preference I think.

 

All states have a limit of at least 20,000 as long as your axle and tires allow it. On the interstate at least.
With a setback axle what kind of steer weight can you achieve with 5th wheel all the way back and drives at 34? Seems like the teeter totter effect would be undesirable, especially in rain or snowy conditions where steer weight helps.

 

He wasn't trying to learn anything. And I'm a "you do you I'll do me" sort of operator. You have no idea about me.

 

You're actually screwing yourself of the full 80 also. Unless you're pulling a 10 ft spread axle to add the weight to the back.

My 5th wheel position weighed 12.8 on the steers with full tanks. The only time it went back was for 60 foot loads. Or through oregon where i'd slide it back 2 notches. Oregon charged me $300 for being over bridge weight and told me they only allow 12.3 on the steers. Oregon bridge is 2500 pounds less then national bridge.

 

By keeping the fifth wheel all the way back you increase the gap between the back of the cap and the front of the trailer. This keeps the fuel economy down which helps drive the cost of diesel higher. The drivers who do this are Terrorist. I would turn them over to the Department of Homeland Security. They should be sent to prison where they can have the sex reassignment surgery that they so desperately seek.

Either that or it is just a personal preference.