would I get a ticket?

I have to assume that most of you who are telling him to "go for it", are trying to get him busted. Go ahead and "go for it" over the Banning scale, let me know how much that crane cost you to get legal. I promise you won't be back on I-10 until you are COMPLETELY legal! Meaning you passed a level one, got your weight legal, and signed all your tickets. You probably spent $2500 on the crane, one dollar per pound over legal, and whatever else they find when they crawl under your truck. You lost 24 hours while doing all of this, go for it!

 

I dont know about NE being a truck hating area. Aside from i80 in PA,.. I've never been hassled anywhere else all the way up to Vt Nh or Maine.

I've had more issues in Co, Wy, Or and Ut,.. than anywhere else. Oh,.. and Tx DOT seems to like me a lot. I've had DOT roll in behind me and have me follow them into a rest area to be inspected.

OR is probably the worst for me. I seem to roll up on their rest area blitz inspections like a moth to a bug light. They usually have a bunch of rookies they are training. When they cant find anything wrong with my truck they go after my load. I need to have all brand new straps,.. any kind of fuzzy or miniscule nick and they write me up for improper securement. They asked to see inside my side boxes,.. I asked what my boxes had to do with the safety of my truck? He said he just needed to see what I had in there. I told him I had a crate full of condoms and it was non of his business. Thats when he returned the favor and wrote me up for a strap. So its true,.. its not a good idea to have an attitude when dealing with DOT.

Hurst

 

One of our contractors came across the Bow Hill scale in Washington 260 lbs over on his trailer tandems, grossing about 70k. $250 fine, the only mark on his company record. Most times, they'll let you ride for a few hundred, but I wouldn't count on it.

 

When I was running flatbed in the NW the great state of OR got on a kick that you had to have extra straps in your box in case you damaged one. And then WA started getting stupid about stuff.

 

If he hits the Banning scale going from Windsor NY to Ada MI that would be some serious out of route miles.

 

IA , Tn , Ar , Mo , IL , WI , OK , OH , Mi , KY are not exactly NE nor is MD . I guess to each his own , do what you want it doesn't effect my CDL that's for sure.

 

"Go ahead and do it",
"You should be ok",
"They won't bother you",
"I'll pay for your ticket"

....LOL

 

According to the math as described from kingpin to center of spread. I'd have to reread to make sure. It puts your centerline 2 feet in front of trailer center. 22 feet of front hald of trailer. When I load, I tell em center it. They've always gone by the trailer marker lamp or turn signal. Which usually puts me under 750 pounds difference drive to trailer. It varies on loads. Most won't be smart enough to umderstand you mean center at the 22 foot mark. But they understand trailer lights.

Some of our trailers have a sticker to point out center when loading coils. I'm not pulling a sticker at the moment to check what manufactures mark.

Perhaps someone with a sticker could reply.