If I’m 35,820lbs on my drive, 11,400 on steers and 32,780 on my trailer angels, can that be fixed? My trailer is in the 8th hole. How much weight is changed per hole of I slide my trailer axels up? How much weight per hole of I slide the fifth wheel up?
WEIGHT AND SLIDING AXELS
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Yaya1974, Jan 9, 2019.
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You are 1220 before 34000 on your trailer.
You sadly are 1840 over on your drives. Your load is too nose heavy.
Even if you moved tandems up two holes you will be still 620 over on your drives.
You need to burn 90 gallons of fuel to get legal on your drives. That means no DOT scales for a minimum of 600 miles.
You appear to be a perfect 80000
You need to return to shipper to rework the load and get that weight out of the nose.
The 5th wheel is 500 per slot that I am familiar with, your weights may vary. You may be able to get it one notch towards the steers. Watch your catwalk clearance.
Get a box of children school chalk sticks. Mark your existing occupied slot, holes before you move so you know where you are at. -
Yes move your trailer “angels” up 1-3 holes
Typically 250-500 lbs per hole
Some states allow more than 34k per tandem provided you aren’t over gross. -
What city and state is your pickup and drop offs
Can you slide 5th wheel towards steer axle a couple notches? -
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You can probably get away with 12,500 on steer unless you go over gross
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You can get away with 12500 on the steers. But 12000 would do u fine. Get ur tandems close to 34000 as possible. Of ur 100 or 200 over on tje drives. Just go with it. Ull burn fuel plus u probably have apu. No one will bother you aslong as ir not over gross.
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Steers don't really matter, HOWEVER...
The next time you get new steer tires, inspect them for weight capacity, get the most you can on each one so you can lawfully carry 12-13K in that range. You can actually go up to 20, but tires that big are not OTR tires.KB3MMX Thanks this. -
First off.
Slide 5th wheel forward to put weight on steers and leave it there permanently. Then you won't have to screw around with it in the future. As stated. 12500 on the steers. You want that weight with full tanks so if you're not full. Figure math accordingly. 12400, 12300, whatever. Depending on your fuel level.
Then put the rest of the drive weight on trailer by sliding trailer forward.
Basically moving 1000 to steers and remaining 820 to trailer.Last edited: Jan 9, 2019
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Anything short of 12 on steers takes away from your 80 gross. If you're pulling a standard tandem trailer.
Anything Over 12 gives you wiggle room for drives and tandems.Bean Jr. Thanks this.
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