Stupid question about pulling hopper.

It is if it says 5 axles on your scale ticket. I think they might give you two chances over 88 and then a ticket.

 

when we load in the elevators, we'd load commonly to 87500 to 87800. That's about it.

 

I was hauling straight from the field once and the cart operator had an oops. Ended up 94k. It went to a small elevator with hand written tickets.

Im not sure but that one might have got filed at the bottom of the stack.

 

I hauled from the field to the elevator a few years ago. Was a little ove 120,000. Boss aked me if I knew the max.legal weight. Told him 100 lbs.more than we gould get on here. also told him he was going to pay the ticket if I got caught!

 

Here's a link to a Truck Weight Education class that is put on for free by some retired DOT officers. Lots of stuff to learn and get a whole new understanding of axle weight and restrictions.

http://www.mnltap.umn.edu/training/topic/customized/truck-weight/

In oklahoma and kansas when we're harvesting there's always a learning curve for the new guy on the cart. Tend to get a little heavy by accident sometimes!

 

A friend of mine took that course a few weeks ago. He said it was really good and very eye opening.

He talked like it was as much to educate you as it was to protect you. Lots of officers out there that don't completely understand the rules and give tickets that aren't justified.

 

Geez y'all's weights are light. We haul 97000 everywhere that's the common weight

 

How is the new gig going?

 

5 axles

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