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Gladhand, try this a few times and see if it works for you. On the heavier loads I'll use the pressure gauge for my air bags to set my tandems. Set them so the gauge reads around 60 or just above. Your reading may vary a bit but mine gets me around 33000 lbs every time.
JJ
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Oooops, that's 33000 lbs over the drives.
JJ
On heavy loads, I always have a QC message to SCALE THIS LOAD. Sounds like yours should have been reworked at the shipper if your tandems were all the way back. $1000.00 OUCH!!!!! This is a good reminder for me. I had no idea an OW ticket was that much!!!!
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Gladhand, try this a few times and see if it works for you. On the heavier loads I'll use the pressure gauge for my air bags to set my tandems. Set them so the gauge reads around 60 or just above. Your reading may vary a bit but mine gets me around 33000 lbs every time.
JJ
I always use the gauge and got overconfident. Haha got to scale as well. My drives will always be OK but it is a gamble with my tandems.
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
On heavy loads, I always have a QC message to SCALE THIS LOAD. Sounds like yours should have been reworked at the shipper if your tandems were all the way back. $1000.00 OUCH!!!!! This is a good reminder for me. I had no idea an OW ticket was that much!!!!
Yup, it was the only gift I got on my birthday haha.
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Yeah, you still have to scale to be sure. I've basically done the same thing you did but I got away with it. LOL
Yeah, you still have to scale to be sure. I've basically done the same thing you did but I got away with it. LOL
I did once with 40 lbs to spare. That was my free pass. So true that it catches up eventually
Yup, it was the only gift I got on my birthday haha.
This happened on your birthday?! Poor Gladhand :(
Well.....if it makes you feel any better..........HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY🍻
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I've been there - it does indeed suck. I got cited in Connecticut a few months ago for having the tandems too far back, by 9". The fine wasn't quite as high as yours but it was up there. I was 500 over on the tandems with them back as far as was legal (43' from kingpin to rear axle), so I thought i'd just slide them back a couple more holes. After all, what are they going to do, get out a tape measure? Well, turns out they actually do have a tape measure. The worst part was that I could easily have avoided that weigh station by taking I84 instead of I91.
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".