Celadons new scale Rules

Cranky Yankee said:

That right there is PROBABLY part of what Celadon (not that I am sticking up for them) is trying to eliminate.
Most over-the-road vehicle combinations can scale 43,000 Reefer, 45,000 Van, and 48,000 Flatbed easily (providing the person loading them knows what they are doing) without going over the 12,000/34,000/34,000 80,000gross rules.
You are weighing a 33,000 lb. load? Why? If you have 6 months experience you should be able to "eye-ball" it by now----you have another 10,000 lbs. to play with if you're hauling the heaviest trailer out there for the love of God.

Celadon is probably getting sick and tired of paying scale tickets on loads that don't need to be scaled.

Everybody wants to get "experience"....but nobody does anything with it.

AfterShock told me in another thread that not everyone has "intuition" or "feel" for certain aspects of the industry---I guess he is right man....darn shame, because it's not that tough to build...but you gotta be smart enough to actually 'hold' the experience.

Anything under 40,000 lbs. you look at where the load is before you shut your doors, make a mark or mental note on the outside of the trailer where the end of that load is ---slide your tandems to where the end of that load meets the center of the rear axle, and get your ### down the road. Has worked for me EVERY time for 20 years. 40,000 and over "weigh your wagon".
You don't have to take my word for it---I have nothing to gain, nothing to lose if you do or don't....just telling you what works for ME. Of course I was never the type to take the lazy way out by using someone elses money to scale a load that I know has me 10,000 to 15,000 lbs. under gross.

I guess my question would be: Aren't these trainers not showing trainee's some of these tricks of the trade? Or are the trainee's not absorbing the information? Or is everybody just getting lazier and dumber as time goes by?

P.S.- I am NOT calling Cranky Yankee "lazy or dumb", just using his remark to get my point across---perhaps nobody explained these "tricks' to him. If anything, I would call a company lazy and dumb for allowing trainers to take students for 8 weeks and never teach them a thing...and then sending the student down the road after they show that they can steer a truck.

 

What if you don't pick up the load?

 

Exactly my point....claims 3 years experience, and STILL has to ask.

 

Is it gay,if you see a hot chick,but she turns out to really be a dude?I haven't had it happen,yet..
I just wanna be prepared..I hope my company pays for that too..I are learnin wif 3 yrs too

 

"Don't ask, don't tell" rule applies here.

 

What if its a Chinese leap year,and the scale hasn't been re certified in over 6 months,and
its foggy,and the scale house officer is a zombie.
Your hauling a load of 12 gauge shotguns,and several cases of shells.Do you break the seal,
and start shooting zombies?
Dint think about that did you?? Yeah..it happens,but Celadons cheap azs isn't gonna reimburse
you for any of those spent shotgun shells..
I think we ALL know where trucking is heading.Thanks Celadon!! sunzubichs!!

 

You pick up a sealed loaded trailer, bol says 40,000.

You gonna trust it?

Bust open the seal or scale it?

Or just slide the tandems and hope?

Knock on the walls listening for a hollow sound....

Please enlighten this naïve steering wheel holder.

 

I was told the same thing in Georgia. In fact, my name or DL info was not even on the ticket, only the company.

 

Knew you wouldn't come up with a answer.

If you are unable to answer serious questions, just admit it.



I try to be polite here, but people like you test my limits.

 

Lost my temper for a sec.

opus was being humorous.