Would you haul this?

Need to start loading the top deck with the heavy parts

 

dang man that sure can make a guy hate his job... u pickup another pivot?

 

Yep, and like Ruthless points out you're light on the drives again that would take up that excess. What you have to do, is look at a load and figure out how it would load balanced on a flatbed...then realize that you have to adjust that to compensate for that upper deck that can't be loaded straight across (like a flat) and figure out how to configure it. That's why I love flatbed/stepdeck work. It's not as simple as making sure the back 5 feet of the trailer isn't loaded with heavy freight before closing the doors. You have to learn that trailer's loading point and weight distribution. It will take trial and error at first until you get the hang of it, so consider these reworks your educational dues to pay...and pretty soon, you'll see a load and know how it has to be loaded on your step and you'll tell the loader how to do it. Right now, you're not sure, I get that. But to stop wasting your time and peeving the loader, you need to catch on quick to stop losing money...heck of an incentive if you want to stop getting reworked.

 

Here’s how I load steps. Start at the step working back. If anything goes past the front trailer axle, an equal amount of weight has to go on the top deck. Only very light stuff, preferably nothing, behind the last trailer axle.

 

#### that wouldve happened to me too. i could never figure out how to balance a 53ft step

 

That works to a point, kylefitzy, I had one customer, brake parts for train box wheels, that I kept having to reload when I started them at the deck. That would make the drives heavy, so I had to put them 1-2 foot back of the deck and the load would balance...which is why I said trial and error is good once, but try not to do it more than once.

 

I’m not an expert on California-spread-axle setup, but a regular step with spread axles set to the rear you just load like any flatbed - middle for the weight balance is on the blinker. Than moving axles to tandem position (if it’s a sliding rear axle) moves 2k lbs to the rear. He has an odd setup, that’s why he has issues.

 

Step one: get rid of the stepdeck.

Step two: buy a 48' all aluminum flat.

Step three: never worry about scales again.