I have been given 2 20feet containers . On the front it is 6330kg and the back one is 19185kg. Is this legal and safe
20t over the triple axle, might be a bit arse heavy but then again I’ve never driven an artic loaded before 
I woodnt,and if forced i wood load Door on Door and park up at Base,going Off Sick for a Week
If you put Heave Container to Front your 5th Wheel is over Weight and at Rear you have even Wheel-spin when you accelerate from 50 to 56 and always in Danger of Jack-knifing
Can you find a weighbridge and weight the trailer axles only, assuming its a triaxle the max weight for all three will be 24 tons.
Assuming you have 6 axles i’d rather have had the heavy on the front for stability/grip but again you’d need to check the weight of the front three axles and compare with the sum total taken from the tractor unit plating certificate.
lsc:
I have been given 2 20feet containers . On the front it is 6330kg and the back one is 19185kg. Is this legal and safe
Its impossible to know unless you weight the axles. A skelly trailer is usually between 4 and 6 tonne, add your 25 and half tonne load, and then unit ?
As has been said this needs to go on a weighbridge. The maximum allowable weight imposed on the trailer axles is 24 tonnes, that includes the part of the unladen trailer’s weight that they are carrying. Even allowing for part of the load being transferred onto the unit, assuming that the container is evenly loaded, this is too close to call. It looks more likely that you will be possibly overloading the trailer axles than that you won’t be. It is not an instance of putting the heavy box up the front, more a case of leaving one behind and putting the heavy one in the middle of the trailer. If the planner starts arguing get him to show you his moments calculations which ‘prove’ how much weight each axle is carrying in theory. Pound to a penny he won’t have a clue what you are talking about.
This below gives an idea about weight distribution:
Put the heavy one in the middle and the light one on top. 
peterm:
Put the heavy one in the middle and the light one on top.
That would probably sort it. 
Does the Container come from Panama? We need to change then delivery Address.
(You get half if you help unloading)
peterm:
Put the heavy one in the middle and the light one on top.
Ooh please don’t…
You just know dozy might have a crack on doing that then he’ll be bridge bashing
nick2008:
peterm:
Put the heavy one in the middle and the light one on top.Ooh please don’t…
You just know dozy might have a crack on doing that then he’ll be bridge bashing
I’ve got a 450 scania so it would pull that weight fine , no need too rearrange the boxes
Radar19:
20t over the triple axle, might be a bit arse heavy but then again I’ve never driven an artic loaded before
Find a good truck if you do. Had a Mercedes somewhere in 40+ region. Went up a hill (the Hagley mile?) started at 56, ended at 15. At the risk of sounding older than my years, give me a range-splitter any day of the week.
Personally I’d call your company, tell them you’ve collected the heavy one and that the other one needs to be picked up still, someone else’s backload maybe, their problem anyway. If they give you ■■■■ tell the crane driver (or whatever loads you in ports, never been) to just put the heavy one on and drive off.
Denison told us 14 on the front and 16 on the back of a splitter. I can’t see a slider being much different
lsc:
I have been given 2 20feet containers . On the front it is 6330kg and the back one is 19185kg. Is this legal and safe
I’d tell them to do 1, its not safe, even if it is within legal weight limits on the axles, that heavy box(sat on the arse) will be pushing the front end all over the place. I did a pair once that was approx 17t and 7t, that was just trying to jackknife me all the way, told them I wouldn’t tip pairs any more, as I didn’t get splitter bonus, reasoning, I use a slider 
I’m with Eddie on this one. Even if it did manage to keep all the axles happy you’d have to put the light one on the front and I’ve been in that position before and its not one I’d ever want to repeat.
I have to agree with eddie and conner, though I am not sure of the legal side I wouldn’t fancy it. To me there is too much weight difference.
So what was the outcome…We would like to know ?
Well I would.