Why don't driver's scale their loads?

Though I'm finding it hard to decipher exactly what you're saying, it's clear you took a scientific approach to loading freight legally in the trailers that you haul, which I find praiseworthy and impressive.

 

I scale everything over 30000 I don't leave heavy trailers to be relayed, I would charge it to the driver who picked that trailer up and then dropped it at the yard, I'm sure they have record of who picked up that heavy trailer, I wouldn't drag that heavy trailer round the block. Good Luck!

 

I'm the opposite, I'm more apt to scale it and leave copy of weights with Bol if relaying.

 

I scale everything over 30k and if relayed leave a copy of the scale ticket. However, I DO hate that my company has us pay for the scale and pays us back. GTI had just had you run the fuel card to pay for it, which made sense.

 

I rarely scale under 40k now. Suspension pressure gauges are fantastic. A 10' spread helps also. I've pulled a load of shingles at just under 48k without scaleing, wasn't worried about it as it was an even load and properly loaded.

 

Usually Scale at 35-40k
Just depends.
Some places also like to lie (or are completely clueless) about weights.
I also Scaled one load at 86k that was supposed to be 42k on bills. Prolly closer to 52k.


I had one Overweight Ticket, the load shifted on me.

 

having a spread axle, gives US more leeway then those pulling closed tandems.

however, i had a load last week. that was heavy on the drives. it was a uniform load front to rear. and since the drives were heavy. i had a feeling my gross was also heavy. i had the back half of the load pulled back 2 feet. and luckily, there was a store with a scale 4 miles away. drives were 200 under, but gross was 1500 over. and naturally, EVERYONE went home after adjusting my load. on a friday.

good thing i had the registration bumped up to 84 so i didn't need permits. and could make delivery. not that the scales were opened anyways.

 

I generally scale anything over 39K, just to be safe. And when i was with a company that relayed, or dropped in a yard and it was scaled I would leave a copy of the CAT ticket. I've found if the tandems aren't adjusted properly you will get a lot of bounce while rolling down the rd. Usually a clear indication to me that once I hit the CAT scales I'm going to have to adjust. Drives me nuts when i have a particularly heavy load, not uniform, and have to reweigh a couple times to get it just legal, then drive through six states and every dang scale house is closed.