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hhow55 · 07-13-2017, **(Subject: Steer axle )**

(07-12-2017 )Tcarpenter Wrote: Excuse my ignorance on this matter of suspensions. I have a 15 Lonestar with a lovely 12.3 steer axle. My issue is I pull smooth bore tanks. 95% of the time I'm loaded to 79800 to just shy of 81000. No matter what I've done I'm always over on my steers. Like this evening I weighed 78340 and my steers was 13800 ( weighed on Indiana dot scale after hours). Running 14ply tired I'm lucky to get a 100k miles out of them. The 16ply I'm running now I may get 125k. I believe my low mileage and excess tire wear is from the steer axle in general being overloaded. My question is can you just add springs to up the weight that the steer axle can handle?

If not any body have a Lonestar or I believe a prostar is the same minus hood vin # that has a 14k steer axle?

If I'm thinking about this to hard, someone please enlighten me. I feel I should get more than a 100k out of steers, but if that's not the case than so be.

I know a guy, who had very same problem you describe, and yes we pulled tanker's also. Turned out his steer axle was bent. Had it straightened, and corrected the problem.