tanker question and my maybe plan

That's about the best way to put it. Right now I weigh 78,500. Normal load for me.

 

Everytime i scale out its atleast 75k

 

THAT will affect your hiring for fuel tanker. To what degree it will affect depends on several factors ... such as whether you were in your own vehicle or a commercial vehicle, how fast over the limit you were going, etc. Some fuel tanker companies won't touch you until that ticket is more than three years old. Maybe there are some that will take a chance on you, I don't know.

 

Most places require tankers to be able to scale 45,000 legally. Every once in a while you will get a light load that you can burn down the road. But, most of the time you are running 75-79,000. From what I can tell its the same thing whether you are hauling high dollar chemicals or sewage - maximum payload.

 

From the light weights y'all are mentioning, I can only assume you get paid by the mile.
Those of us that get paid by the load will always be pushing gross weight. I can put 52thousand and still be legal but if its a load I am pretty sure I can get a way with it I'll load till it gross's out at 82 to 84k. More weight more pay. Only time I am light weight is when empty and that puts me at 27500k full fuel tanks too

 

How are ya' getting away with the extra weight?

 

I've heard that some products are sold , loaded by the gallon. And the shippers don't have scales , kinda don't ask don't tell.


To the op not many light loads in the tanker world ......

 

I just assumed Landshark was driving tanker. I have yet to pick up a tanker load that wasn't exact and precise right down to the gallon. For example, there are some products I can load 9000 gallons. Other products weighing more per gallon must be scaled back ... way back. But even if he's driving van, how can you get away with crossing the scales with that kind of overweight on a regular basis? When a possibility of an overweight load comes around don't most drivers usually head straight to the nearest scale and if it's overweight, back to the shipper to make them take some back? At least that's how I learned to play the dry van game. I've never done it, though. Only flatbed and tanker.

 

Short hauls and you go around any scales..... Some still do this. If the rate is by the gallon anyways.

 

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