Here is the TMC flatbed way:
Set up to center your load about 18 to 24 inches behind the center of the trailer. With the spread axle able to carry more weight than a set of tandems you will usually be all right with that set up. Then check the air weight guages to get an estimate of the weight distribution. If you REALLY know that the way they have loaded the trailer isn't going to work then you may mention to the shipper and ask the shipping foreman for his opinion. If he does not agree and wants to send you on your way then you do not argue. Call Safety to CYA and let them know you think you may be overweight or unbalanced. They will then take the fine if you get a ticket while en-route to the nearest CAT certified scale.
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Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.
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The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
-- J R R Tolkien
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