help ,i get penalty for overweight

I'll just be silent and see how this one shakes out.

 

Don't ever trust the shippers weight. You are responsible for weight no matter what, always weigh. I don't know what the fine will be, but it can be very high.

 

27,000 kg ? ..........

 

If I get a BOL for 27k I wouldn't weigh, but by the time I left the customers lot I'd probably feel something off and go weigh. Try to get a feel for the diff. Until you get a feel, just start scaling every load your unsure of. I'm curious to see the fine amount. If it's under $500 I'd just pay it. It's not a moving violation. And lawyer fees will jump up to $500 real quick. That is if your company doesn't cover it.

 

Whenever I see I should have weighed but I didn't I loose all pity. Now if it was in between the shipper and closet scale that's a different story, I've been threatened with overweight before cause closet cat scale was 5 miles past the coop. Explained to them and showed bills and they sent me back to shipper.

 

I always weigh, but Im never light. 10 bucks is cheep insurance till you learn how a full load feels. If you have a suspension gauge it should help.
Nothing you can do about this one it is not a moving violations, paying a lawyer this time is just more money out of your pocket

 

Yep since nothing slides on my truck and as long as it's loaded evenly or a little back heavy and my gage reads under X amount I'm good. Still scale if unsure.