jmtandem wrote:
They THEN have to, if they can, move the load so that it is spread over ALL the axels under the max per the road stress limits. The driver will have 8 hrs if they can do it by hand, simple tools etc.
Sometimes sliding the tandems is all that is needed to reposition the load and get weights within the 12, 34 and 34 maximums. I think drivers know how much each hole on the tandems changes/shifts the weights.
IF I remember correctly. It was about 100 lbs per hole, depending on how the driver requested the trailer be loaded. We always ask that the trailer be loaded nose heavy.
Also sliding the 5th wheel will move weight as well. We liked to have the trailer as close to the back of the cab as possible to prevent wind from getting between. However, In Alabama we got a bridge law ticket for being too short. We had to stretch out the wheel base 3 feet to get legal. But soon as we left the weigh station. We shortened it back up.
