Scale Ettiquette

Not sure if it was mentioned, but on many of the highway weigh in motion places you need to have at least 100 feet of spacing between trucks or it'll confuse the machines into thinking it is a longer combination way over gross & redlight both of you. Ticks me off when some super trucker comes flying up my ### as we are about to hit a wim spot

 

That lady trooper was your "angel of mercy".

 

This is where both common sense and self-discipline come into being.

 

One night several years ago I was leaving Florida, had to cross a small backwoods scale that was seldom opened. I blew past it,older DOT cop ran me down, said I was supposed to stop. I told him no sign was out,I did not see his car until past the scale. He said yeah,sign was broken, but he had a light bulb turned on in the window of the little shack they used, and that meant to come in and be checked.I asked him how was I supposed to know that, he just said that was my problem. Took me back , weighed me, I was empty. He was not too happy.

 

I'm going to start a federal sub-agency of the FMCSA that regulates scales.

 

Same here,I know the drill,lol.There's been many times the dot is talking telling me what to bring in as im pulling off the scale.You get out west and members here are right,most just wanna see your permit book but I bring all the paper work in because like you,to save the extra walk going back to get it.

 

from oklahoma westward, i've never been asked for anything other than permits. and all we run is west. with an occasional eastern trip.

NOW, i did get asked for my logs once in utah. and probably becuase i rolled across 3 times in 48 hours is my guess. that was the kanab utah scale.

so heres a question for you guys.

the sign says OPEN WHEN FLASHING. so why do you all roll through????
none of you ever roll through at night. but EVERYONE of you roll through during the day.

 

guess no one has an answer???? LOL