Weight question from a noobie!

dont move your 5 wheel you dont need it.just move your tandems 2 hole to the back,thats like 1450 pounds to your drives.

 

it will change it a little but not really noticeable for what you are trying to do. Anytime you move a pivot point for weight re-distribution you will change the weights over all axles but most will be shifted at the 2 closest points to where it is being shifted.

 

I'm also kinda wondering why you don't move the tandems. Just because the the CA law is 40ft does not mean they have to be exactly 40ft?

 

I've been 1 inch long and 20 lbs over on the tandems before, as close to legal as I could be without reloading. I hoped they wouldn't be THAT picky... Didn't have any problems, but I could see some stickler giving me grief...

 

You're not wrong. For CA and 53's: 40 feet from the KP to the center of the rear axle OR LESS. Not one hole more ($$$!!). Not "exactly 40 feet." Forty feet is the maximum allowable setting for CA. Basic stuff if you run 53s into CA. Check your atlas or your carrier's KP-setting handouts for various state settings.

35,220 on the tandems and 28,XXX on the drives! Yeah, they'll need to reload; been there, done that. They're not usually too happy about it, so just explain. They may simply not know.

 

The question seemed to me to imply that the driver thought the setting had to be exactly 40ft which is not the case. Thats what I was getting at. Thanks for the clarification.