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It’s supposed to be a lot warmer the next few days. Might be worth waiting to test them again incase there is a chunk of ice in the brake valve that may just need thawing out.

According to Memphis, front is 18k, and as others alluded to rears are 44k, so 22,000 each on those. A lot of good advice here on other limitations besides the axle capacity.

Do you have any more info/description on “play in the shifter cable”, or “not going into reverse smoothly”? IE, did you have to work the shifter back and forth, play with the throttle, just took a while to engage? Was the play on the transmission, or shifter end of the cable?

Theres no chance the transfer-case was in low range is there? I believe there was an MWO that installed a low range reverse lockout on “most” of these trucks to prevent shifting into reverse while in low range. If the seller is very experienced with these trucks I would be a little leery if this...

Hey Ken, keep at it you’ll figure it out! Yep, that looks like a bad design with way to much weight hanging off those brass threads. Any chance thats a nipple broken off in the tee-block, If so hopefully replace it with a steel or stainless nipple? If it’s a moulded piece of the tee block...

Some good looking welds, but be careful welding all those seams up solid, or things will start looking like a banana! There are a lot of excellent seam sealers and panel bonding epoxies out there so you can keep the welding to a minimum.

Do you have this data plate on your truck? If so, and I’m reading the blurry text correctly, you should have all the verbage you need to be able argue any legal weight trailer combination, just as long as it does not put you over any of the trucks rated axle ratings as stated on the plate.

Almost exactly 2,000lb without the troop seats. .Forklift Two forklifts Wheel loader Auto lift Although the hook it to a tree and drive out from underneath it method does sound like a lot more fun!

Maybe some of the lawyer or engineers types on here can try to translate the codes application to an MTVR before you stop at the scale to help narrow down your questions.

https://www.dot.ga.gov/PartnerSmart/permits/Documents/title32.pdf After you tell them what your GAWR and tire ratings are, make sure you have all your axle spacings, wheel dimension’s, and tire specs/measurements on hand, including the specs and ratings of your trailer you hope to tow. My WAG...

Also where are you guys coming up with 22k trailer weight? Is that on your data plate?

Thats not how GVCW is figured. Also DOT will not care how much more your trucks manufactures GVWR or the tires rating are over their bridge laws, or permitted limits.

Also are you sure your truck is an A2? What engine, truck year of manufacture, does it have CTIS? Give us an overall picture of the truck taken from the front/drivers corner and we should be able to verify.

There should be no exhaust/vent lines up there. Check the size of that tube with a wrench, is it half inch, also it appears to be black? If it’s black and half inch it’s probably goes to the top of the brake QR valve, which is where the other two lines you see in your picture go. The brake QR...

I would guess that the shackle is in the correct orientation. Appears that it would bind during lifting if flipped the other way.

Been years since I’ve dealt with this stuff but thats probably a state or overweight permit thing. Used to work building heavy haul trailers back in the day, IIRC they were almost all 60”, but they were permit loads, empty, no matter how far you broke them down. We did build some small step deck...

Scary, hope you’re not hurt! Vent those battery boxes and keep your eyes and mouth closed when connecting those cables[emoji6]

DOT would likely start with their standard bridge formula. IIRC Fed max is 20k front, 34k total for rear tandems, so assume 54k MAX for your truck alone. Most states have variances/limits for certain instances including tire or wheel width, so you may be limited to less on your single tires.

IIRC, someone on here did two, mid and rear, but a third jake would not clear on the hood on front of the engine.