Grain Haulers

In Iowa there is an exemption period in the fall, when you can be overweight by a certain limit....I don't remember how much....maybe 2,0000 pounds???

When loading out of the field or from a farmer, there is no scale, so the DOT may give you leeway by 500 - 1,000 pounds. But anything over that will get you a ticket. A lot of times I am running on just gravel roads and maybe a short trip on a black top, so I may not be as careful when I am loading then, but I try not to be over by 1,000 pounds. There is a scale on the trailer air bags, but it is not always accurate if you are not on level ground.

I like hauling grain, as the loading and unloading is easy.

 

If I remember last yr. I hauled up to 3000 lbs. over 80000 during harvest in nebr.

 

I billed a 53.23 ton load of cotton seed and had the gin owner ask why I put 2 loads on one bill.

Told him his new loader needed some more training

Over head bins No where to off load

I looked like a giant snow cone when I got to Valdosta

We had to split weigh the truck. Man I don't miss those loads.

 

During harvest in Iowa you can haul 88K gross I believe.

 

I have a friend whose making around $850 a week but works about 60 hours a week! Good money in a time like this. Good Luck

 

Worse load I ever hauled Ever OverGross was when I hauled Grain. Had a Storm Coming In I was the Only Truck at Weigh Wagons that were Full zand the Combine Was full. Boss said all in the trailer. I weighed out at 130K Net at the Elevator. My tare weight with the Truck and Trailer I had was only 27K lbs. Called a real Lightwiegt tractor and trailer. All I know is that poor 290 Cummins sounded like a 318 Detroit that trip. We could not get back into the fields for 3 days with that storm and the Combine had 4 inches of water in the Grain Bin.