Patent ID: 6921100

Claim:
A system for adjusting weight distribution throughout axle groups of a truck and trailer, said trailer having at least one axle group mounted on a pair of rails attached to a frame of the trailer, said at least one axle group locked in position on the rails by locking pins, wherein the system for adjusting weight distribution comprises means for measuring the weight on every axle group on the truck and trailer, means to deliver the measurements as an electrical signal to one or more microprocessors, means to detect the position of said at least one axle group on the trailer relative to said rails, means to deliver the position of said at least one axle group as an electrical signal to one of said one or more microprocessors, one of said one or more microprocessors programmed to calculate the weight on each axle group and determine a needed change in position of said at least one axle group on the rails to optimize the weight distribution, display means located in a cab of the truck and means to lock and unlock the locking pins that lock said at least one axle group in position on the rails.