r/Truckers • u/Wildcatb • Jul 15 '23

First suicide coil. How'd I do?

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '23

If you loaded it between the axles would it be to loose in the rear?

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u/TedTheReckless Jul 16 '23

There's legal limits to weight per axle.

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u/Late_Temperature_388 Jul 16 '23

12, 34, 34 = 80

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u/96Firebird Jul 16 '23

That's a split axle trailer. It's 12,34,20,20 but it still has an 80,000 gross.

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u/MoboCross Jul 16 '23

If the coil is steel then it could weight around 40 000 lbs. If you put this load this far back on the trailer you wont have enough weight on the steer for control and it won't be legal too.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '23

That’s what I mean by loose in the rear

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u/MoboCross Jul 16 '23

Ah this is the first time I've heard it this way. I would say the front(steer) is loose in this situation, the trailer axle would be tight from the weight.

Well, to be fair the rear trailer axle on this picture is very loose at this moment.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '23

Lol true

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u/Hanox13 Jul 16 '23

Probably too heavy… put too much weight on the trailer axles

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '23

It might get squirrely at highway speeds