Scale help

One needs to pay attention to that line painted 44' back in their trailer. Your load should be stretched to that line or preferably one past it at the 48' mark. The back of the last pallet will end up near the center of your rear axle when you scale. Especially if you are pulling a reefer one needs to pay attention. Start with a single like others said. Draw you a diagram out on paper if you have to. Ultimately you are responsible for how your trailer is loaded. When you are allowed on the dock go look at your load. It is usually staged. If not ask how many pallets it is. If them pallets are 2000-2500 lbs you want to be stretching the load out.

Not saying this is the case too many drivers get in the habit of checking in and tell them to come get you when they are done. If you are not familiar with a customer take some initiative and go on the dock. If it's a heavy pallet load makes sure the fork lift operator knows what you want. There are new forklift operators just like there are new truck drivers. Some are clueless to balancing a load out.

 

I always asked how many pallets and weight of each. Then I wold stretch out load to balance load over full loaded length.

 

any updates on what happened?

 

I would have fought that ticket. That's within margin of error on the scale. There could be 40 lbs of gunk on the scale.

 

+1.

IIRC NY and PA tell you flat out that the portables are only accurate within 3-4% or something like that.

Ever scale yourself twice in a row on a CAT scale? I have and it's not the same weight.

 

40 over is 0.1%. For them to issue a ticket for that is lunacy.

 

The company told him not to argue and that they would handle it from the office. He got back and about 2 days later they said he had to pay both tickets. He said he would pay his but not the company ticket for $50. They took it out of his check.

 

go with it!!

 

I would have quit! Unless its your truck, you should not pay the weight fines.

 

while i do not disagree with that in CONCEPT--too many variables to make a blanket statement--I had a driver few years back--that refused to pay attention to anything he loaded and was(IMHO)too lazy to scale--and adjust--3d ticket he got for being over on his drives(less than 77K-gross)and easily made legal---I took out of his check--sorry there are certain responsibilities that go along with this job--
Just my $.02