Will I get an overweight ticket for being 60 over on drive axle?

I got one in MO once 200 over. No scale at shipper. Sealed load. Picked right on the IL/MO border and had to pass a scale house just to get to a CAT Scale. Wouldnt even give me a chance to slide once. ########

 

Crapola! That’s crazy! I can’t see how even writing a ticket for that would be worthwhile unless MO is one of those states that have a minimum startoff amount to their fine, and not just an amount per pound.........
But, the steel, mo scale is notoriously sticky about weights, I hear, so... doesn’t really surprise me I guess..

 

Move the driver’s seat forward 2 notches..

EDIT: if you’re under 250 lbs. more than 250, move it 1 notch.

 

Ga will not let you do anything, after they give you the ticket sure go head and get your self legal got one before From them $150 I was about 60 are 70 over on my trailer

 

It is really scary when you are close to 34k on tandems. If you go through an ice storm, you can add hundreds and thousands of pounds of ice to your overall weight. One time, i went through an ice storm in Montana running empty with a flatbed. When I scaled in at the lumber yard, my empty weight on truck and trailer had over 3,000 lbs of ice. I weighted in at over 35k when i usually weigh less than 32k at the same scare under dry conditions. I had to go to a truck wash, and have them wash off all the ice and snow under my trailer and truck to lose that 3,000 lbs of ice.

 

Never arrive at shipper with more than 1/2 tanks of fuel

 

I think this varies from state to state.

 

One time I picked up a load of peanut butter in Memphis with total weight 79980. After six re-weighs i still couldn't get all axles legal, so I put the excess on the drives, figuring there's only one scalehouse on my route, just outside town, before I burn enough fuel to be legal. I asked myself, what are the odds that that one scale will be open anyway? It's NEVER open. So I rolled with my drives at 34160.

Of course it turned out the scale was open. But I had learned a trick driving reefer, when the shipper wants at least 3/4 tank reefer fuel and you don't quite have it, you stomp the brakes when you get to the guard shack, stopping hard, which makes the fuel slosh, which makes the fuel guage go haywire. You'd be amazed how long it takes for a reefer fuel tank to stop sloshing. The guards just figure it's close enough and wave you through.

So that's what I did when I got my drives on the scale, stomp hard on the brake. Oops, sorry officers. Terrible mistake on my part.

It's one of the scales where the driver can see the readout, and the numbers went bonkers. It seemed like i sat there an uncomfortably long time, but I got the green light before the numbers stabilized. Would probably work without a reefer since the main fuel tanks are much larger, but the reefer will slosh longer because the tank is turned sideways. But probably won't work real well if your tanks are almost full or almost empty. 1/3 to 2/3 tank is probably ideal.

 

Well...Better over on drives than Steers.I could Normally "Get away with" up to 100 lbs over on drives,when couldnt slide it out...especially under 80,000 Gross.I say Normally..it Depends on the State.