Just some of the stupid things I see

Air slide will make it go in the air!

What if... what if... what if you stop at a Catscale and scale out.

 

Scalemaster what do you think of companies trying to push the weight limits up to haul more product.... From your point of view you see this as a safety issue out here considering the roads in the usa are worse than ever or do you think they will pass a law going higher on the Gross Vehicle Weights..Just to claifiy not permitted loads for overweight...

 

I have been around almost long enough to remember the days of 73,280# gross wt and 48 foot trailers.

I am with OOIDA on this one. We don't need longer and heavier trucks.

I don't know how it is where you live, but here in the midwest they don't seem to be able to build a road that can stand up to the traffic we have now. Going heavier will not help. IMHO

 

Going longer would make for hell in the cities. Most intersections are currently designed for the 53 foot trailer.

 

the northwest has been running the heavier trucks for years. Roads there are often better than states with 80,000 limits.
Guess they know how to build the roads better.
Heavier trucks only help the shipper. More product for each load.
I don't see it as a safety factor...after all, you have more axles, more brakes, etc.
Yes...I know...more weight to stop, but like I said, the PNW has been running these trailers for years and their accident rate doesn't appreciably differ from other parts of the country.
We, as the industry will only shoot ourselves in the foot. We'll be hauling 10-15,000 more pounds for the same $1.30 per mile and all the assorted increased operating expense, then wondering why we aren't making any money.

 

Yeah we run heavy out here cause the roads are in better shape...and im with you on this one...the rate will still be cheap as usual...i was just curious what ScaleMaster thought or had any inside info on what these companies are trying to do with this subject...I remember the same 73,280 and the 48 ft trailers.. the most u can license for is 120,000 out here before you have to get permits and you have to have a heavy haul state permit for that buck twenty....Also Scalemaster if you work in say Illinois and have to do a split axle weigh how do they do that with multi axle trailers....scales ive run over split the duels in illinois...just asking cause after 40 yrs i still couldnt figure that one out splitting the duels...

 

x2 yeah i haul heavy, that extra axle for the extra weight and stoping quicker BS. plus the way they teach these newbees how to drive,add extra weight and watch the crash rate go up.

 

ill still does it on some of their old scales. it has to be a certain percent. which i cant think what it is right now. on my 3 axle group i cant be more than 8% difference and no more than 20000 per axle on same group. but thats when im permited with a overweight load.

 

I am not as concerned as the newbies as you are as I am to ignorant public and their driving ability around a heavier truck. The already think an 80,000 lb truck can stop on a dime.