I’m at a new company. This is the first company I’ve worked for that doesn’t want drivers to scale loads. At my other two companies it was basically a requirement for every load over 25,000lbs. Those companies provided me with the cat scale app to facilitate complying with transportation law.
90% of loads at my new company are over 35,000lbs, and I would say 80% over 40,000lbs. I spoke with management, because it’s company policy that dispatch decides whether or not they’ll pay to scale each load. I have to ask for permission on each load which is really annoying, and worse when dispatch says no. They didn’t want me to scale a load the other day, but I didn’t feel good about it. It was only about 42,000lbs but sure enough it was 400lbs over on the trailer. I don’t want to pay out of my own pocket to weigh THEIR loads. I’ve spoken with management, but they are adamant.
are there any consequences for the carrier if I get an overweight fine? I’m assuming no.
Overweight Tickets -Does company have any skin in the game?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by insipidtoast, Apr 20, 2020.
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Good heavens, the novice of youth. Glad you asked. 1st of all, find a different company, that overweight fine is your baby, and they know it. 2nd, so many good companies looking for drivers, UPS for heavens sake. Scaling a load is part of the business, and a companies refusal to do so is a bad sign.
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