Steer/Axle Weight Question

You’re fine weight wise but I personally would want more weight on the drives and less weight on the trailer.
If I were in your shoes I would try to move the rear part of your load forward, possibly by moving the saddles forward a few feet.

 

Yes, by sliding trailer tandem to the rear.

 

You had the front drive axle up onto the steer platform that first time.

Looks like next time have em start placing the load about a foot forward on the deck from where its at this time. Thats legal now, but the spread will be sticky in the turns when its that much heavier than the drives. The trailer will offtrack a little extra in tight corners when its heavy to the rear. 31-32 on the drives would be nice. The landing gear and center lights are good way points for this stuff.

 

Sorry i thought u were a spread. If a closed tandem youre still overweight. 34 on drives, 34 on tandems. Need to figure how to get that load onto the tractor more. I have no experience with sliding axles, the other guys will tell u what to do there.

You have almost 1000lbs of spare capacity on your steer. My experience is that sliding the 5th a foot forward transfers about 1000lbs to the steer from the drives. Just fyi.

 

I understand youre split loading these rollers, try moving the rearmost one to the start of the rear cluster next time. And it'd have been a big help if you put up a pic to start with.

 

I also assumed you had a spread axle trailer. I would start by sliding your trailer axles all the way to the rear and see what that gets you. You will need to move them about 5’ or so. If you can’t slide your axles that far the lord needs to be shifted.

the nice thing about hauling a “fixed” load like that is once to get it dialed in you should never have to mess with it again.

 

Ty for the picture. I don't think there are enough holes. Even if they were 500 pound ones. Maybe.

I agree with Kemo the load itself will have to be a little further forward on the deck.