How???

My comment about being over gross was not directed at the 50 pounds over. It was more of a general statement.

The driver has already stated he didn't want to chance it. That's up to him.

Remember though an overwieght ticket could affect your CSA score now.

 

I've had an overweight ticket and was not assessed any points.

 

Dozzer, I would NEVER encourage you to run in an illegal way. You have to do what your conscious dictates. There is the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. As you continue to build your drive experience, I think the difference between the two will come into clearer view.

Now, as to the CSA2010 angle. A while back unbeknown to me, a tire on my rear passenger inside tandems came off the bead sometime while I was driving, I was pulled into scale, the weighmaster saw it, I was pulled in for a level three. That was the only thing they found. However, they put me OOS and wrote the tire off the bead as a violation. Had to have the service truck come and fix before I could roll.

When I first started driving I was on I-84 E in Oregon. It was broad daylight, yet, I had my foglights on. A trooper pulled me over and told me I couldn't drive with my "auxilary" lights on only. I said "HUH?" He quoted some obscure ordinance and said he was going to do an "inspection". He cited no problems, however, that light "violation" went on my CSA2010 score.

Both are on my CSA2010 score now and I essentially have no recourse. In the interim, I was hired by another good company with marks on my CSA2010. They didn't even bat an eye.

 

After doing some more research on it, I find you are right sir.

But being overweight can get you inspected at a scale house which could lead to violations resulting in points. That's what I should of said.

 

Even if an officer pulls you over for something, but does not write you a ticket, and gives you a warning for it, it affects you. And there is no way to fight a warning.

 

First of all, the load wasn't illegal.

Second, your concern over 50 friggin pounds is juvenile. NOBODY is going to harass you about that piddly amount....0.000625% overweight. Even if some hard-headed cop decided to write you up for that, it would be laughed out of court by the judge in a heartbeat because you are within the allowable "margin of error" at even the most accurate of scales. Remember, most truck scales display weight in 20 pound increments, and it rounds UP. In other words, if your steer axle is 12,001 it will show 12,020 on the scale. If your drives are 34,001 it will show 34,020. If your trailer is 34,001, it will show 34,020. When you add up all of your axle weights, it totals 80,060...and a platform scale will show your weight as being 80,020....but you are only 80,003. For all practical purposes, you are legal to roll.

So now you're upset that you wasted a day screwing around worrying about nothing...where if you had listened to the people who have been out here for a while, you would have been on up the road. You screwed up. The sooner you admit that and learn from your mistake, the better off you'll be.

You have a lot to learn about this industry. NO carrier is going to lose their operating authority due to an unsubstantiated claim made by a disgruntled former employee. Worst thing that will happen is the complaint might (but not likely) trigger an audit, but when they look through the BOL's and they all show legal loads, your complaint will be dismissed....just like you were. You could sue, but you wouldn't see a dime. You are an "at will" employee, and as such, you can be fired at any time, for any reason....or for no reason at all.

...and I'll contribute to any thread I see fit.

 

No worries! I actually thought it was going to incur points until the scalemaster told me otherwise. He did do a Level 3 inspection.

My own #### fault, got loaded at Unilever in New Century, KS and was going to scale it out and grab some fuel in St Joe's, MO. Completely forgot about the coop just north of Platte City, it was 2300 hours, it was open and I was 1400 over on the drives. Doh!

He took off 400 lbs for the APU, fine was $91.50.