basically the truck itself is designed to handle 33,000 lbs max ( including the weight of the truck, which is about 16,000 lbs.
but without CDL license you can only load it up to 26,000 lbs, which means that after the weight of the truck you can use about 10,000 lbs of load.
now the empty truck weight is about 50/50 split between front and rear axle at about 8,000 lbs each, but the front axle has a max rating of 12,500 lbs ( the rear is rated 20,000 lbs )
so the trick is not overloading the front axle because it's just 4,000 lbs away from being overloaded already at empty, versus rear axle that is 12,000 lbs away from overload
basically you can only overload the rear axle if you have a CDL license that allows you to use 17,000 lbs of load. without CDL license you can only use 10,000 lbs load so even if 100% of that load goes on rear axle it is still within axle limit.
but if even half of the 10,000 lbs load goes on front axle it will get overloaded.
that said i will probably have only about 3,000 lbs of load so it won't matter where it is placed but i will still try to be Autistic about it and use the most ideal weight distribution possible ...
but without CDL license you can only load it up to 26,000 lbs, which means that after the weight of the truck you can use about 10,000 lbs of load.
now the empty truck weight is about 50/50 split between front and rear axle at about 8,000 lbs each, but the front axle has a max rating of 12,500 lbs ( the rear is rated 20,000 lbs )
so the trick is not overloading the front axle because it's just 4,000 lbs away from being overloaded already at empty, versus rear axle that is 12,000 lbs away from overload
basically you can only overload the rear axle if you have a CDL license that allows you to use 17,000 lbs of load. without CDL license you can only use 10,000 lbs load so even if 100% of that load goes on rear axle it is still within axle limit.
but if even half of the 10,000 lbs load goes on front axle it will get overloaded.
that said i will probably have only about 3,000 lbs of load so it won't matter where it is placed but i will still try to be Autistic about it and use the most ideal weight distribution possible ...