Sliding tandems

you slide towards the overweight
if truck is 35000 and trailer is 32000
you slide forward
different manufactures have different spaces most are 250-300 ponds per hole

 

You need a scale first of all, and then it depends which axle is overweight.

If drives are overweight, slide tandems forward (set trailer brakes only, release tandem pins, and reverse tractor to bring tandems forward)

If tandems are overweight, do the opposite. Set trailer brakes only, release tandem pins, pull tractor forward to move tandem s further back.

If you're overweight on your steers, and dont have a sliding 5th wheel I dont personally know what you can do other than get the shipper to adjust how the load is loaded.

Don't forget to consider fuel weight. Diesel ways about 8lbs per gallon, most tractors carry that equally between the steers and drives. So 100 gallons of fuel adds 400lbs each to steers and drives.

 

If your overweight on the drives then slide the tandems forward and if heavy on the tandems slide the tandems back. Each hole can adjust the weights from 250-500lbs depending the trailer make and how the load was loaded.
So if your 1000lbs over slide the axles 3 holes, re-weigh and adjust as needed.

Just make sure you have the correct kingpin length for the states you will be traveling through. So if your heading from Nebraska to California make sure to set at California length.

 

every truck is different on how the fuel weight affects steers and drives
if your 5th wheel is set up right all you need to worry about is gross and drives and trailer
worrying about steers is rookie crap....just my $.02 that might be worth less

 

I think the other post said she didn't have a sliding 5th wheel, which I've never dealt with. I have my 5th wheel set where it never needs adjusted, but I didn't realize all trucks were different, just thought the 50/50 set up was fairly standard but I guess not.

 

just equal your tandems and trailer out and be under 80000

you dont say where you are or where your going so a bridge law length is useless
if your driving for a mega they are used to these questions
seeing as the trainers must not cover it

 

No way to get axle weights without a scale.

What's a Freightliner Eagle?