Useless weigh station!

Not all tire fires are the same. I guess I shouldn't have painted with such a wide brush in my post. If there's a bunch of grease or oil around the heated area, yeah, it'll catch fire a lot faster, and will be easier to put out.
The only tire fires I've ever been close to were hot enough that the tires themselves were on fire, and attempts to put the fire out ended up with the thing being re-ignited.

Removing the tire to a safe distance wasn't really an option, either.

 

You and I must have been crossing paths! lol!

I was NB on I-55 and saw that thing. Man, the stench of brakes!

 

I smoked my brakes on the trailer once on Sandstone. The whole trip with that thing reeked.

 

such a big contrast between mike md and deiselbear. what a pompas ###

 

You noticed that too,it bother's me when they (Michigan) have someone pulled around back and they still run you across the scale's instead of shuttin them down till their done.

 

They're taking a picture of the rig (plate probably) along with weight in case you appear somewhere else before you're supposed to. If you've got a toll transponder that info is probably logged too.

Datalogging, or whatever else you'd like to call it. It may be happening, it may not, but if there are cameras and computers expect the data is warehoused somewhere for future reference.

 

not all drivers, just the stupid ones. if this industry actually got its head out of its arse and paid drivers what they should be paid, (and not by the miledge system which encourages outlaw running) and had a higher standard for hiring instead of any idiot off the street, the our image as drivers wouldnt be in the gutter like it is. its a disgrace when im at a regular customer delivering, and one is these bums walks into the dock area wearing a ripped, grease stained shirt(usually with an oscene message or rock band/boobie bar advertised on it) filthy jogging pants, flip-flops, and smelling bad enough to rot the concrete, i sure as hell dont feel like im in a professional industry.

anyhow, in alabama, on most major highways, they dont have as many weigh staitons, but you will notice a set of weigh-in-motion plates and a shack next to the highway. they weigh you, and if you are overweight they call a trooper or other LEO after you. theres no sign indicating this, but ive seen cars posted near those shacks with trucks pulled over.