Weight rules

75795

{"replyTo":"","text":"Some states. Illinois for example, have been known  to check the load rating on your steer tires if you're running pretty heavy on the steer axle to determine if you're overweight. I used to drive an old cab over with a set back steer axle and it was always around 13,000 pounds. The Volvo i drive now runs around 12,600 on the steers when full of fuel because we always load heavy and it's easier to get my tandems legal with the weight shifted to the front.","replyToPid":0}

678881

{"replyTo":"","text":"If you don’t know the answer to your own question, that is a disgrace. It is pitiful that people so unqualified such as yourself are out on your own. I’m also sorry to say that almost all of the replies you have received are WRONG!!!  The front section of the Rand McNally Motor Carrier Atlas has all of the information you need. I have made a YouTube video on this but the new generation is so uneducated and unwilling to learn that my attempts have gone unnoticed. Ie: Florida allows 44,000 on a tandem. SC allows 35,500 on a tandem. Come on people, get with the program and be professional!!  Would you really take a ticket from DOT without actually knowing the regulations!!!","replyToPid":0}

678881

{"replyTo":"","text":"BTW, for all you goons out here, stop giving advice for things you don’t know. ","replyToPid":0}

66236

{"replyTo":"","text":"No , the rule doesn’t say 80,000ish\nYes you can have more on ur steers if ur plated for it. And make sure your tires are rated for it.\nJust remember your the captain of that ship, that means you pay that ticket. Be safe.🚛","replyToPid":0}

678881

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625878 发表于 2019-06-20 23:08:21 I guess that goes for you too!

","text":"It does not. If you can’t see that these parking lot jockeys don’t belong out here, then you are blind. How experienced drivers don’t take offense to this baffles me. New drivers demand more pay and respect, yet don’t do a fifth of the work we did in the past! From planning routes with a map, contacting shippers and receivers via pay phone, changing tires on split rims, and doing repairs on the side of the roads in the middle of nowhere. This is I skilled trade that should be compensated as such. However; mega carriers are pumping these seat warmers out here onto our highways with no knowledge and are putting travelers all over our interstates at risk!!","replyToPid":126524}

678881

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625878 发表于 2019-06-20 23:54:23 But I really do support you.  100%\n\nBut until the government and the larger carriers start being held accountable, nothing is going to change.\n\nMost of us older boys don’t stand beside each other, and most including me have had just about enough. Of all these super truckers.\n\nBut between you and me. \nReally what can we do?\nYou tell me and I have your 6

","text":"They don’t listen on the CB anymore, nor do they listen at the diner counters. Social media is the only way to make the new people aware of what is going on. My remarks may be harsh but speak true. It is not in my best interest to insult, rather than to make these new drivers aware of their follies. It should be in their best interest to listen and be the best that they can be. ","replyToPid":126541}

704112

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610123 发表于 2019-06-19 11:48:18 you are allowed 20000 on steers but people think it's just 12k because it is the balance of 80k if both sets of tandems are maxed

","text":"if your a steer axle and tires are rated for 20 you can do 20. most front axles are rated for 12k","replyToPid":124954}

704112

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628506 发表于 2019-06-19 14:28:15 You’re exactly right. I’ve looked it up after my dad told me that. You’re allowed more than 12 on the steers. It’s the 80 total. But you can have more  on your steers than 12

","text":"your front axle and tires have to be rated for 20 to run 20 most trucks have a 12000 pound axle on the steer axle","replyToPid":125102}

610123

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704112 发表于 2019-06-21 02:22:23 if your a steer axle and tires are rated for 20 you can do 20. most front axles are rated for 12k

","text":"Actually newer trucks the standard has been raised to 13k to allow for the extra weight for emissions. But once again, we are talking weight limits allowed by law, which in most states is 20k.","replyToPid":126653}

75795

{"replyTo":"","text":"I know a few drivers who loaded at the paper mills in North Carolina,and set the tandems to where they \"looked right\" and rolled across the scales over at Canton just fine, only to get popped with a fine in Knoxville. North Carolina allows 38,000 lbs on a set of tandems where Tennesse only allows 34,000..An expensive lesson learned.","replyToPid":0}