sliding axles

[Colin]

I did a lot of tandem sliding in 2004 running 48 state reefer.

By the 3rd month, I was very comfortable with the entire process. Knowing how to load heavy or light pallets that made a full load, how far to slide, all that stuff.

I always thought that was the trick. Load it correct first. Heavy pallets should have very few up front. Like single, single, double, single, double, single, double, etc. Just to keep weight off the drivers. The lighter pallets you could load double, single, double, single. It took some time to look at the amount of pallets and the net weight, then determine a good loading pattern (and get it right).

There's couple points here-- that I'd like to remind you of.

(1) You do want-- as much weight as possible up front as legally allowable.

you certainly don't want the majority of your weight in the center of the trailer( this is what- breaks trailers in half) and you'd be better having any extra(illegal-over weight) on your drives than on your trailer tandems--- there's a chance you can burn off fuel weight- but if it's setting on the rear- you're just SOL- unless you have a first stop that's just down the road before the scale house.

Also, in winter-- the weight on the drives is far more important than toward the rear.

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When I mentioned having few heavy pallets up front, this was to ensure the drivers did not go over 33,500. I failed to type that part. They were always up near maximum.

I always ran those heavy pallet loads (less than 18 pallets) correctly (11,700 - 33,500 - 33,800) but only after figuring out what actually worked.

[Bumper]

I rolled out of Tulare on Monday night at 79,960 lbs. Tandem was at minus 6 hole and 34,160 lbs. I figured I could arm wrestle the chippie for the 160 as all I had to go through was East Bound Tehachapie scales. Turned out it was closed and I settled into Barstow for the night. Forgot to move them forward and headed for Kingman...got lit up about 50 miles from the border because I was so long on the tandems.

He told me to stop at the next rest area and slide em and that is exactly what I did.

I felt sorry for the team that had to take the trailer to Springfield..the pass would have to jump out before they scaled or they would be over weight!

[BluHeeler]

Unless something has changed, California bridge law is such that the tandems have to be all the way forward and you load to make that work.

[Colts Fan]

What would you do if your scale ticket looked like this?

Steer: 23200
Drives: 13500
Tandem: 39400

GVW was around 77000 so I was good there.

[BigDiesel]

Unless something has changed, California bridge law is such that the tandems have to be all the way forward and you load to make that work.

Yup..... 40' kingpin to rear axle.... no ifs ands, or buts......

[Jumbo]

What would you do if your scale ticket looked like this?

Steer: 23200
Drives: 13500
Tandem: 39400

GVW was around 77000 so I was good there.

Puke

[GMAN]

What would you do if your scale ticket looked like this?

Steer: 23200
Drives: 13500
Tandem: 39400

GVW was around 77000 so I was good there.

I would take it back to the shipper and make them either fix the load or take it off my truck. I assume that you have the steer and drives weight mixed up? With tandems, there is no way to take that much weight off of your trailer.

[headborg]

What would you do if your scale ticket looked like this?

Steer: 23200
Drives: 13500
Tandem: 39400

GVW was around 77000 so I was good there.

I would take it back to the shipper and make them either fix the load or take it off my truck. I assume that you have the steer and drives weight mixed up? With tandems, there is no way to take that much weight off of your trailer.

With that much weight on his steers-- he might not make it back to the shipper! before that axle gives. Better slide that 5th wheel back. Trailer tandems back too.

[Jumbo]

Another benefit of yanking a tank

Do they even make a tank with a slider? I know the pipes and stuff would get in the way. Just asking.

[Colts Fan]

I assume that you have the steer and drives weight mixed up?

Nope. It blew my mind when I saw the scale ticket.

With that much weight on his steers-- he might not make it back to the shipper! before that axle gives.

I could tell something wsan't right by the way the truck was handling. It seemed like the power steering wasn't working right.

I would take it back to the shipper and make them either fix the load or take it off my truck.

The company I work for is the shipper and I should have scaled out at a place closer to work. I have never had a problem with axle weights with them until then. I was curious of the axle weights just by how the truck was handling. I weighed out too far from the terminal.

The only scale was about 1 mile before my exit in Bolingbrook, IL so I just got my atlas out and found a way around it.