Protest At Weigh Stations

Have any of you actually hauled out of a gravel pit before talking out of your behinds about axle gauges?? How about gaining some knowledge and the facts of the situation before blaming the immigrants? Oh and btw all the big companies were affected and also shutdown along with the "indian cowboys" which resulted in a good solution for EVERYONE. I'm sure everyone's satisfied with the outcomes, but the first ones to initiate action become the scapegoats by jack ##### on internet forums who don't know the ground reality - 2nd generation "Indian Cowboy" who's forever gonna hear it from you entitled pricks who can't look past the colour of a mans skin

 

I blame overloads on the people loading out too. Ifthey want to spend a couple if bucks they just need to install load cells on the loaders so the operator knows exactly how much he is dumping.

 

gravel pit or not, you're responsible for 'load to weight' freight, if you don't have the gauges you shouldn't be loading it, period.

we loaded steel at lynnterm and fraser surrey docks it was always 'load to weight' and crossed nordel or hope scales without a problem ever, because we knew what we were doing, unlike these monkeys

 

I had Air Weigh on my trucks and my 9 axle I also had the jeep, and trailer, and booster set up. Load a 245 Cat hoe, hook up the the neck. Move the machine while watching your axle weights change.
http://www.air-weigh.com/

 

Oh but it can't be that easy or a Ontario gravel hauler could manage that..

 

Like I said man you really don't know what you're talking about. It is highly impractical to check for weight on each axle in the gravel industry, your gross load weight is what matters. I'll be ###### if you lasted a week out here in Ontario hauling gravel

 

So what happens when the loader loads you heavy on the back or front of your trailer? Drivers are not allowed out of the truck and in the box in the pits and plants nor the scale?

 

If you guys had the air weigh system and made the loader reload after mess up he would learn quick.. the problem is many won't take the time to do it and cry when they get busted.. you're not the only industry hauling bulk but gravel is by far the cheapest

 

I've loaded out of rock quarries, coal mines, lime kilns, excavation sites, grain elevators, and all sorts of other places relying upon air gauges to tell me approximately how much I have on the drives, and how much is on the trailer axles. If you're heavy on one end, you try to shake it a little to level it out...or you dump it all out and make them load you again. You can get pretty darn close with air gauges once you're familiar with where they need to be...and if that isn't close enough, you run it across an actual scale that will give axle weights. If you don't, and you're overweight, it's on YOU.

 

I used to haul sticks out of the woods in Alabama. Since there are no scales in the woods the state gave us 2000lb grace on axle weights. If the company violated that limit a certain amount of times(don't remember how many it's been a while) they lost the waiver of the extra 2000lbs. That system worked great.