Scales will generally give you a little wiggle room if you’re over on an axle. Always have a scale ticket that shows you legal.ĭon’t overlook the weight you’ll add when you add fuel.Either way, take note of how full your tanks are. If you could’ve taken on more fuel, then you know next time you need to fuel. If you’re unsure if you can fuel completely, add some fuel and reweigh. Fuel after you weigh and legalize your load.You need to make sure you take on enough fuel to make it to the next fuel stop and your weight needs to be legal. This will mean you’ll need to stop for fuel more often. Sometimes we have to run with half fuel because more fuel will push us over allowable gross vehicle weight. You can run your fuel to half tanks if you are picking up a heavy load. Look to see if the weight of your load is included in your dispatch info.
It’s important to know how much of the fuel weight is carried by each axle. You can now figure the percentage of fuel weight going to each axle.įor example, if you add 100 gallons (800lb) of fuel and your steer axle weight increases by 300 and your drives increase by 500, then 38% of fuel weight is carried by the steers and 62% by the drives. Subtract the new weight on each axle by the first weight to get the amount of weight each axle is carrying of the 100 gallons you just added. You’ll see the drive and steer weights changed. To find out the split weigh your truck then immediately add fuel then reweigh your truck. What that split will be is determined by the tank placement. The weight of the fuel will be distributed between the steer and drive axles. Your tanks will have the capacity listed by the opening. At Len Dubois Trucking our fleet of Volvos generally hold 100 gallons per side. 100 – 150 gallons per side is most common for OTR trucks. Calculate around 8lb/gallon to be safe as the temperature will affect the weight slightly.įuel tank capacity varies from truck to truck. This gets tricky when you have a heavy load which takes you close to gross or the weight of your load isn’t evenly distributed. The weight limits don’t allow additional weight for fuel, you need to account for fuel in your axle weights and gross vehicle weight. Legalizing the weight of your truck is one of those things which can be a little tricky sometimes.
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