LOL I don't drive trucks and your family is fine. I simply opened my FMCSA handbook to look for a section with a CODE that states THE driver needs to scale the load as a pre-trip after getting loaded for EXAMPLE section 40.205 'How are drug test problems correct' in page 69 of the drugs & alcohol section of the handbook.
If i didn't care i wouldn't come and ask for a section or a code to present it to my driver to let him know that he is at fault (VERY OBVIOUS) and he needs to scale the load even if its a 5000 lbs in the trailer. Please read before misinterpreting. I don't need to sit here and explain to everyone about the GVW on the axles because that is very obvious.
GVW with loaded trailer
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First off, I apologize for some of the comments/insults you received on here from guys that should know better, but I digress.
Replying to your original question, the mandatory "pre-trip" mechanical inspection is a separate issue, but making sure you're not overloaded (> 80k), or distributing the load evenly over the axles, or securing the load safely, is also the driver's responsibility. It's up to him/her to ensure it's right before proceeding. Experience plays a big part in it. One must know what he can legally scale and how to distribute it. Shifting the blame onto the shipper doesn't cut it, it's the driver that decides how much he can load and how he wants his trailer loaded.
Ask what the load weighs, how many pallets, etc etc. If it's questionable, before I leave to scale it, I tell them, if it's over I'll be back and you'll fix it. I've done it many times. Different States allow different axle weights and what they'll allow you to do. Take VA for example, they'll let you slide em to get legal, if you're not over 80k, while OH will fine you first and then let you slide 'em. Some States will let you go 36k over tandems, while others only 34k.
Bottom line, it's all on the driver to ensure it's right, but hey we're all human and make mistakes at times, that's the way it is, even the "super truckers" on here that insult you. In this biz you gotta have a thick skin, truck on...... -
Its not the driver shortage. But a driver PAY shortage.
Companies insist on handing out 0.34 a mile. Like they did 40 years ago. I say forget it. Make it 0.80 a mile to start and we'll talk. (Inflation and all that you know...) or 30.00 a hour for 70 hour workweeks.
Eitherway Pay me. Otherwise forget it.
I ask that you try to cool your pyrometer a little bit. There is a wide range of people on these forums, and for the most part all want to help. Yes once in a while a burr gets under someone. Thats fine.
I don't believe in the driver shortage at all. It's a driver PAY shortage created by the same companies that refuse to stop spending like its still 1982. -
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Yeah, you're right. I bought my certifications and experience off eBay. I don't fix trucks at all i just google everything.
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