Neither was what I posted. Read the last sentence of the first paragraph again.
If you suspect a load is heavy and you can't scale before hitting a weigh station, it's up to the driver to find a place to scale before getting there. States don't give waivers on overweight loads because you can't find an open scale. For the cost of this single fine, you can have onboard scales installed on a truck and trailer and avoid this problem.
Legal to nearest scale even when crossing state scales?
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But that doesn't excuse driving over weight.
Sorry I didn't make these rules, I'm just telling you whats up. -
Aren't you a professional?dngrous_dime Thanks this. -
Then again many companies are dumbing down trucks by not buying gauges. -
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When in doubt, go around the scale. What kind of doofus would go over a state scale not knowing the weight? Rookies,,
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They'll pay for themselves in very little time.
All of our trucks have either air or electronic scales. We haven't had an overload ticket since 1990. That's pretty good for running primarily in California.x1Heavy Thanks this. -
I second the onboard scales. Why we don't have them industry wide I don't know.
I once incurred a 3000 dollar fine in Virginia for 130K plus which was where the scales last measured before it died under me.tucker Thanks this. -
By the sounds of the price of the ticket they where pretty heavy. I run 98-105,500 gross and I can tell when Im 2-4,000 pounds heavy pretty easy. Even if you normally run 75-80,000 if to take off at 83,000 you should kinda know by feel.
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Hello, that's how the states make money. Most of the offenders probably are trying to get to a scale. Like I say, only a doofus would volunteer not knowing their weight. I had air pressure gauges on the drives, and mine, 62 lbs. was pretty close to 34. Since the steer axle never really changed, I had a pretty good idea what was on the back. Enough to know not to go over a scale, anyway. Years ago, every once in a while, Chicago would set up portables at the rail yards, catching drivers as they left. Thanks to the CB radio, we knew all about it, and went to bed until they left.
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