Another overweight ticket

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by walstib, Jan 29, 2013.

  1. walstib

    walstib Darkstar

    I'm not having a good month in regard to heavy loads. First time was not wanting to backtrack, in hindsight $52 cost was worth it. Yesterday I get loaded in southern Indiana and head down 64e towards WV. I scale and realize no way to get legal, tandems all the way back and still 1100 over on tandems. Now to avoid scales. Managed to avoid them but the one on I68, another training facility in MD. They issue me a $44 ticket for overweight in a me and a warning for the bridge violation and told me to move my tandems. Now the conundrum. Yes I am already overweight and moving the tandems made sure I am 1000's over now. If I had to keep going like this, how would it play out at next scale?

    I was 70m from shipper when I scaled.

    And to top it off I get to receiver and they refuse load for being double stacked. Now they're looking for a place to unload and reload thus delivery so I can go back and get what they need to leave off put back on.
     
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  3. MikeAkaSyndrome

    MikeAkaSyndrome Light Load Member

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    At this point, if it taes more than three hours to fix, I'd be kicking myself for not turning around!!
     
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  4. RAGE 18

    RAGE 18 Road Train Member

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    But why did you keep going after you realized u were 1k with tndms in the back? What made you reason going around the scales was the best option knowing ur OVW?
     
  5. walstib

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    I knew I was over and since I could avoid the scales, I figured I'd continue on.

    And just when I thought it couldn't get better as soon as the forklift hits the trailer one if the rear bags blows, lovely. One of those days.....good thing this wasn't my standard run from Jim beam, I may have busted open a case by now....
     
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  6. RAGE 18

    RAGE 18 Road Train Member

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    Hahaha no kidding what was that you were hauling recycle?
     
  7. thelushlarry

    thelushlarry Road Train Member

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    First off those tickets are cheap. Think about it you got to pay to scale then you got to try and slide everything right it only cost you $52.00 that is a good deal I would charge you $300.00 just to make it right. I always take the coop bypass when in doubt reroute!
     
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  8. walstib

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    My rand 500 really came in handy when I needs to a kid scale, just click on highway next to scale and touch "avoid"!
     
  9. Jake The Bullhauler

    Jake The Bullhauler Light Load Member

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    Every time I get an overload ticket, the "man" tells me to show the citation to anyone else who stop me and I'll be good to go. Never had to do it, but overload tickets are part of my daily routine so I figure I'll have to at some point.
     
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  10. walstib

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    As long as company keeps paying them, I'll do my best to scale it but I'm still not backtracking to do it.

    I carry 44k regularly, I didn't think this would be a problem but the loading sucked and I was too busy arguing in the politics section to watch. Oh well ;-)
     
  11. aiwiron

    aiwiron Road Train Member

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    Could have dropped onto route 50 from 219 off 68.
     
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