How do the old-timers do this?
#11
04-21-2009, 08:24 AM
How can you tell with tankers????:smokin::lol:
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#12
04-21-2009, 12:11 PM
I'll have to get back to you on that one.....This will take so major figuring?
#13
04-21-2009, 12:15 PM
Tankers have fixed tandems to the very rear, there is no adjusting.
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#14
04-21-2009, 12:26 PM
I was being a smartazz thats why i added :smokin::lol:. I also think dollar was giving a smart azz reply.
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#15
04-21-2009, 12:27 PM
What about dump trailers :smokin::lol:
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#16
04-21-2009, 12:34 PM
Easy, dump the load then you don't have to worry about it, but make sure you dump it right on the scale house scale, DOT will LOVE YOU ALOT.
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#17
04-21-2009, 04:37 PM
I do it the "Right Weigh"
My trailer has "Right Weigh" air scales on it. I flip the switch and it gives me the weight on the trailer tandems. It is accurate within a 100lbs. I will go across a Cat Scale and calibrate it once a month. I use my pressure gauge in the dash for the drives. A needle over 50lbs is 34K With all my loads going or coming from California and just leave the tandems at 40' and make the shipper reload it if my pressure gauge is over 50lbs or the Right Weigh gauge is over 34K.
#18
04-21-2009, 10:45 PM
Simply put the paper rolls were not properly secured. I saw very few drivers secure these paper rolls. Most relied on the anti-skid paper the shipper put on the floor. After I hauled one load of paper rolls and saw what could happen I started putting straps on each roll. kc0iv
#20
04-25-2009, 01:27 PM
Lots of practical information in this thread. Obviously, the heavier you are, the iffier it is, and your need to hit a scale will be greater.
The uniformity of the weight is one key. If it's the same stuff in boxes or barrels from front to back it's a whole lot easier. After that, look at your king pin, it's about 3 or 4 feet from the front of the trailer. To get an even balance, I'd often try to set the middle of my tandems 3 or 4 feet inside the end of the load (so, you got the same amount of weight in front of your kingpin as you have behind the middle of your tandems). I don't worry about the weight of the trailer's overhang because your drives start out with a certain amount of empty weight, too. I'm pulling tankers now. The fluid distributes the same with every load so once you know the gross weight you can haul with a certain trailer, it doesn't change. Last edited by lowrange; 04-25-2009 at 01:30 PM. |
