How much can I be over

500 on the drives and under GVW, most wont bother you unless theyre looking for trouble. If i were you, i wouldn't make it a habit.

 

MOST of the time they will let you go for that little BUT if you have has-mat your going to get the ticket

 

I got away with anything under 500.

 

Seriously, it just depends. I don't worry about a few hundred pounds but if LEO is having a bad day because the retarded drivers before me.....well, my number could be up.

Picked up 30k lbs load so I didn't scale it. Past through 3 Cali scales into AZ. Stopped on static. 1400lbs over on drives. LEO says, "Can you fix it?" I said, "Yes."
Pull around, adjust, rescale and he says, "Have a good day."

Most DOT/LEO's are good decent people and if you treat them with respect and professionalism they will return in kind. That doesn't include the a-hole in LA that pulled his gun on me though.

TA

 

I wouldnt try 500 over in cali. But i hear they let you slide at 200 axle, not gross.

 

I was 200 over on my drives when I went through Umatilla last time. Got the red light to stop but was eventually let go.

I started out with 360 over gross and 449 over axle but shed the weight between North Bend and Umatilla.

 

The Virginia scales in Roanoke have pulled me around and let me adjust. I though I had compensated for fuel weight but I was wrong.

 

When I used to pull our tanker trailer (we haul live fish), I'd almost always be way over. We knew pretty much which scales would be closed, but sometimes we'd get caught with our tanks a little over-full. My usual gambit was to swing around, have my co-driver dump a bunch of water (like 5-6,000 lbs), while I took my time to walk in. "No Sir, that can't be right, can we please re-weigh?" On the re-weigh, the weight had "magically" disappeared! Those scales just weren't that reliable. Got some very suspicious looks, but never got busted....

 

80,400 with my apu and I'm never bothered.