I told the shipper in the beginning that I can only take 1 pallet in the nose and 24 pallets total. She had to nerve to say “We should have hired a Carrier that can carry 26 pallets”. I sent them an email of the cat scale and no replies back. They really think we are stupid huh? I’m about to expose who these people are, wait for it guys.
The 1 pallet in the nose rule
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by iceman32, Sep 29, 2020.
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I have never heard of such a "Rule". Where is that rule written? A pallet of what? Potato Chips or lead wheel weights? Where do people come up with such nonsense? That is a perfectly balanced and legal load. ROLL WITH IT!
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Please "Expose" the evil shipper. I'm sure they will be shut down by midnight!
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I dont see any problems there... I get loaded like that alot.
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Trucks are different and freight is different.
It is up to the driver to know the difference.
45,000 puts me at 80,000 with about 3/4 fuel and very difficult to balance.
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Yeah, someone sitting at a desk knows more about load and weights than the driver does.
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That’s a pretty good example of why I’d want my 5th wheel set to where you’re 12.2k or so loaded. Gives you some wiggle room. They way it is now you can’t even scale an 80k load.
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Why not just nose load half of it, and load the other half to end at your 48’ mark?
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on the rare occasion we load a 53' van, we load based on the destination, not the origination. Colorado/Wyoming allow 36K on the drives or tandems, as long as we stay under 80K. Used to load beans in Nebraska, 44,800 lbs going to Ga. by rail. We'd always load legal for Ga. axles, customer was fine with it, usually meant they had to cut one pallet.
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