First of all, thanks to all who replied Good info to keep in mind from all.
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Originally Posted by Fozzy
I'll have to dissagree on this one guys, Fifith wheels move between 5 hundred to 8 hundred per "hole" and it only mainly effect the steering axle weights the drive axles. By pushing weight on to the steer axles it "might" give you some room to add a little to the tandems, but when it gets that close to being overweight or over bridge, you probably will out of luck.
So set the bridge, set the fifthwheel and if the load is too heavy, have them rework that by moving freight forward, or removing cases off of the load.
did you check your axles weights AFTER you slid up to twelve hundred pounds off the steering axles to the drives, This is potentially fatal moving that much weight off of the steering axles. In my opinion,you should have done nothing to this as everything was legal and decently spread out.. if you HAD to do something, maybe slide the tandems up a little to take a small amount of weight from the drives.
Hi Fozzy. About checking the weight after taking so much off the steers, help me understand what the issue may be. I was at 11660 on the steers, 25420 on the drives and 19800 on the tandems. The fifth wheel was all the way forward and I moved it back 4 holes. I hav'nt reweighed yet but maybe I will just to see what the effect was. My guesstimate for the current setup is about 10200 on the steers and 26500 on the drives. When I slid it to the front, it changed about 600lbs per hole, cargo weight was 44400lbs, this load it is 21012lbs.
That word "fatal" has me concerned and I'd like to hear more about this. Oh Yea, I'd also like to live. BTW, after the move the "funny" feeling left the truck and I went through the scale house in AR, I40, MM280ish and got the green light to keep going.
Uturn2001, thanks, I think you put the important points together in a nice list. When I get home I'll print it out and tape it to my clipboard for future reference.
Again, thanks to everyone, all of you are a big help.
Dan