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Salina, Kansas | I suppose it depends on your location and maybe we have been fortunate. We have 38 ft trailers and I havn't measured but I doubt our trucks are much over 180, certainly not over 200. We have been weighed a couple of times between the field and elevator. Can't tell you exactly what we weighed but it was close to 80000 and probably techniquely over the bridge but as a farm registered truck they seemed pretty happy that our axles were close to legal and didn't much care about the bridge if it was close. We have never gotten a ticket for overweight axles but did get a verbal warning on one set of tandems once. Probably more important is just to try and be close. I always read all these excuses about not being able to load in the field and know what you weigh. If you have loaded more than about 5 truckloads you should have a pretty good idea. I run the grain cart usually just because it lets me keep track of the combines and the trucks, out cart doesn't have a scale but it isn't too hard to figure out how to load the trailers and have them with in a couple thousand pounds each time. I know test weight makes a difference but you kind of know what is happening with that as well after a few truck loads. | |
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163” wheelbase with 40’ or 41’ hopper bottom. Too short?
