7200 gallons of BIO
Posted by tx-drewzini@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 18 comments
2500 in #1, 1000 in #2, 1200 in #3, 2500 in #4
How many gallons roughly to be legal?
Posted by tx-drewzini@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 18 comments
2500 in #1, 1000 in #2, 1200 in #3, 2500 in #4
How many gallons roughly to be legal?
tc6x6@reddit
7,200 gallons puts you at 81,600? Dang, you must have a heavy truck & trailer.
NoRelation1491@reddit
Or OP is running a tube with no overweight permits, thats the only thing I can think of. All our tubes and body-mount+trailers gross out at 105.5k lbs.
tc6x6@reddit
What's a tube, a smoothbore trailer? OP's second pic clearly shows 4 API heads so he's pulling a compartment trailer.
Here in Texas we have an overweight permit but I'm guessing OP doen't have one or he wouldn't be worrying about 81,600 and his drives being less than 10% over.
NoRelation1491@reddit
A tube or supertube refers to a 48-53ft fuel trailer, as opposed to body-mount trucks + pup trailer.
I picked up the term when I was training with an old timer when I first started fuel.
tc6x6@reddit
I pull what you call a tube (4 compartments, not sure if 45' or 48') with a daycab and I can haul 57K legally.
OP said he has a sleeper, so his truck is most likely the heavy unit.
NoRelation1491@reddit
That would makes sense, I miss pulling long trailers honestly, but nothing beats the maneuverability of a body-mount and pup :) I hate backing them up though hahaha.
tc6x6@reddit
I bet they'd back up easier if the drawbar was mounted to the trailer frame without a pivot point.
How big are your compartments?
NoRelation1491@reddit
The double pivot points are killer indeed.
My compartment (max loads) are 36/17 on the Truck and 28/15/31 for my pup. My go to load for straight Gas is 34/16-2/1/3, Diesel is 3/14-21/0/3. Any combination of Diesel/Gas we only carry 10.5k gallons, Straight Diesel is 9.5k and straight Gas is 11k gallons.
recloos_SH@reddit
I recently got into fuel hauling a year ago, and spent some time on the road before that. I'm curious as to why the body-mount/pup and "supertube" setups as you call them are almost exclusively used out west as opposed to the traditional 45-48' compartment tanks used elsewhere? I figured weight had something to do with it since you guys have more axles and more ruts in the roads lol.
NoRelation1491@reddit
The 45/48ft trailers you are talking about about are tubes…..
And it’s all about weight distribution, bridge laws and maneuverability. 7 axles for truck and trailer ain’t a lot honestly, there are states you can run 164k gross and the trailers by themselves have 8 axles.
NoRelation1491@reddit
Thats a good spread, I'm late but about 225-250 gallons and you will be on the money. What is your setup like? Only 80k gross in what I'm guessing is a tube?
tx-drewzini@reddit (OP)
Yeah running a 4 compartment trailer and my Volvo 63inch sleeper. Thanks for the advice I’ll definitely be cutting gallons next time then rescale just to be sure.
AndromedanPrince@reddit
youre a fuel hauler, youre legal anyway lol only time we care about gross is when we cross into florida.
tx-drewzini@reddit (OP)
That was my thought as a company driver lol not so much anymore 😂😂
recloos_SH@reddit
Cutting back that extra 200 gallons in the future should get you close on your gross, presumably with full fuel tanks. I'm assuming you're in a sleeper?
tx-drewzini@reddit (OP)
Yessir sleeper! Thank you
Jondiesel78@reddit
You're about 225 gallons over gross. You need to withhold that 225 from the front compartment. Then withhold another 50 that you put in the rear. After that, it's just a matter of sliding your 5th wheel ahead a couple notches. DOT usually won't bother you if you're within 500 lbs of legal on an axle group.
tx-drewzini@reddit (OP)
Thank you! Will try that out next time around