I've had an issue with a truck I'm driving(company driver) going on about 3 weeks now. Been with the company 3 months. Truck was fine up until this issue. All of a sudden, I'm coming out overweight on my steers and not by a little bit. Whereas before, with the heaviest loads(45,000 lbs), I'd be right under 12,000 lbs on my steers, now, I'm always around 13,000 lbs. Even on loads that aren't as heavy, it still comes out that way. And it's weird because on the somewhat lighter loads, my drives can be like 30,000 and the steers will still be 13,000. The load has to be ridiculously light (such as a 10,000lbs load I had this week) for the steers to be under 12,000.
Sliding trailer tandems all the way to the front has little to no affect on the steers and my 5th wheel is already slid so that my tractor is as far away from the trailer as it can possibly be and this is the result, nonetheless.
The truck and trailer itself is not overweight on the gross. They're under 80,000 lbs. Just concerned about being overweight on the steers.
The company thus far is rather nonchalant about it saying that if I get any fines from weigh stations, they'll just pay it. No talk about fixing the issue with the truck. Vague talk about putting me in a new one, but no definite date on that. Meanwhile, they're still giving me loads to haul. My concern(the purpose of making this thread) is the question of whether or not getting caught in this predicament at a weigh station will negatively affect my commercial driver's license.
Thank you.
A concern about getting caught overweight at a weigh station
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by NoobiDriver, Mar 13, 2016.
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