Heavy Load

I am hauling a trailer containing bottled water.

Here are my scale weights:

11360 steer axel

34080 drive

34020 trailer

79460 gross.

Any comments about the drive and trailer weights? I did call the company and they said it was ok.

I was almost full on fuel at the time, so it wouldn’t have taken me long to burn 80 lbs. of fuel.

I'd probably roll with it that way as it's likely the scales wouldn't bother you for such a small amount and I've heard cascade adds a buffer zone since they guarantee the weight. Not sure if that's correct or not. Anyways, move your 5th wheel forward a notch. You'd transfer roughly 500 to your steers from drives. That would allow you to move your Tandems forward 1 hole as well which should make you scale legal on all axles

Catscale, not cascade.

Gosh it's just not my day today. You would slide your 5th wheel forward to move 500 pounds to your steers. You would then slide your tandems BACK (not forward as I mistakenly said) one hole to transfer some of the weight from you tandems to the drives. Your weights would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 11860 steers, 33800 drives, 33740 on tandems. My math isn't exact but I'd expect them to be in that ballpark dependent on how it's loaded. You also must factor in restrictions for states you drive, maybe you legally can't slide anything to make it more legal than that. Regardless, I'd still personally run it but at the end of the day it's you that must make that decision as you're the driver and ultimately responsible for the consequences if anything happens. You'd likely burn off the 80 pounds of fuel within 100 miles and 20 pounds over isn't nothing to be real concerned about, in my opinion.

Rob, thanks. Good advice.

When I picked up this water load in Hawkins TX at Ozarka/Nestle they always have broken pallets of water outside for the drivers to take.

One driver must have made a live unload delivery (I assume bringing the raw ingredients for water). He had his empty trailer pulled up by the water cases and was loading them into his trailer. These are 12 packs of 1.5 liter bottles, or 40 pounds each. When I walked by I looked and he must have already loaded about 50 cases and he wasn’t done yet. I told him he should get a job with a company that doesn’t make him load his own trailer. We had a hearty laugh.

Where is the delivery and when?

Where is the delivery and when?

The delivery is to Sam’s Club in Lubbock Sunday at 10:00. 477 mile trip. Good thing I have 43,000 lbs of water with this heat and humidity here in Texas. It’s comforting to know it’s there if I need it.

I’d just have rolled with it, espically if your staying in tx. You will burn fuel, reducing your drives. 2 weeks ago is the first time i saw every inspection station I passed in Tx open.

I’d just have rolled with it, espically if your staying in tx. You will burn fuel, reducing your drives. 2 weeks ago is the first time i saw every inspection station I passed in Tx open.

Definitely roll with it Bruce. Texas and a holiday weekend. A very safe bet.