100,750 Pounds Of Frac Sand,No Current Permits-What Could Go Wrong

I think the biggest part missing from the press release is that these trucks aren't just being randomly stopped. I've towed a ton of arrest tows for LCSO this year when they do these enforcement details, and they all started with big red flags. Blowing through stop signs, running red lights, speeding, brakes on fire, illegal parking, obvious signs of trailers being bent/broken. They are hauling out of Western Proppants in Yoder down to Colorado, which has been a whole issue on its own.

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They have also been dumping frac sand on county roads once they get word that there is enforcement happening.

 

Park a set of portables outside the gates of the pits and weigh every load coming out. Problem solved.

 

Taking a cotton picker down South two days ago I saw frac sand dumped on the side of the highway in two or three spots west of Jordanton Texas and I couldn't figure out why. Now I hear the rest of the story.

 

Fine the shipper as well as the divers. When I pulled pnuematic tankers I had cut a couple of dowel to fit between the axle and the frame at legal weight, We used to load out of a sillo no scales close, worked really well, of course air ride with gauges fixes it .

 

As they should be, here in the Mojave area there used to be a large problem with tankers cleaning out on the side of the road. For no reason most did not have enough left to affect the next load at all. Stupid, 2500.00 fine for no ral reason.