Overweight policies

There isn't a scale before Waterloo?If you have a distance to go before the nearest truck stop that's when you discuss with your dispatcher what to do before even leaving the customer.

 

Which is what I originally said. Lol

 

Dino.....1 exit north of 20 on 35....TS w/scale....and I Think the new Sinclair west of Ft Dodge...(where 20 just became 4lane)at the end of the shortcut down from Storm Lake has a Cat now too....but don't get up that way all that often...

 

Like others I have weighed my truck with all of my stuff in it and full of fuel with an empty box so I know how much I can legally gross. Then I watch my suspension pressure and I know roughly how much pressure should be in it at 34k. My 5th wheel is set so my steers are legal on all but the weirdest of loads so I just have to slide the tandems toget the pressure where it should be for that load and I know I'm legal.

This is especially helpful when hooking a preloaded trailer with a seal on it where you can't see where the last pallet is.

 

First off I did know about the one on 35. But there on my map shows a scale house b4 u get to 35 probably not open so didn't worry to much. But what the heck is this about discussing it with dispatch. Don't be a steering wheel holder all your life. Sometimes you got to put it in the big hole and getter done.

 

Discuss it with dispatch to make sure they will pay the fine.

 

There's a place west of Troutdale, OR that has no public scales before the DOT scales... in that situation, you are allowed to CALL AHEAD of your arrival.... maybe you pay a small fee (it's been a long time, but I do not remember paying more than any other CAT scale,) and can go adjust your load without getting a ticket... however if you don't call, you can't say "yeah, I just loaded right down the street."

 

man.you are freaking out before anything happens.once it occurs,you'll figure things out. it happens to all of us,some more so than others,so i don't see a need for you to get worked up/scared in advance.when it happens,and it will,just act then.your question(s) are difficult to answer ahead if time as we all react differently when confronted with serious situations.i've seen "drivers"freeze and do nothing. flip side is just going on and figuring it out as you ease down the road.honestly,if you do not run a cb,when you get in such a hypothetical situation as the ones you presented,which at that point it is reality,you'll thank that cb radio and probably start running and using it full time because it will help you out of your current ordeal.

let us know when it happens and how you handled the matter.

 

It depends on the state. In California, if there is no on-site scale, this is true (VC35553 and VC35558). But that may not be true in every state & there is no national law allowing it.