See, I don't get this. Some of these shippers try to overload you, then get pissy when you refuse. You're mad that you had to rework a load? Or break it up between two trucks? Well maybe you should have considered that before you tried to stuff 45k into the box!
I did an aluminum recycling load, they got my net weight when I went in. They knew what they had to work with but the still stuffed a 40k+ load onto me and when I scaled out to leave I was 2k over.
But no, they couldn't just take two bales of aluminum off. No they had to make me wait until the NEXT DAY(!!) and pulled the whole load off and cancelled.
Nice try, we billed them for 24 hours of storage at hhg rates, plus total miles up to their location and back. Took 'em to court and got a settlement equal to what the trip would have paid in the first darn place. All because they just HAD to be 2k overweight.
I'm sure they pulled that stunt all the time, lucky for me my company had my back.
Weigh Stations disappearing?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by king v, Feb 26, 2018.
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LoneCowboy, Call_Me_The_Breeze and MACK E-6 Thank this.
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We` used to have to dodge the scales all the time when I worked for a company that sprayed weeds on the tracks with a Hirail tanker truck
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I wish ar scales would close
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Could mean Arkansas since that's the abbreviation.
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But they still routinely stuffed 45k or more. Once I got one that had 46k on it. I was going in this place with 3/8 - 1/2 tank of fuel just to try to make it work, because none of these loads were going over 400 miles.
That 46k one got interesting. The nearby CAT scale at Nichols Aluminum showed I was 81,300 lbs. With a Intertrashable PornStar at 3/8 tank of fuel. Went straight back and told them I needed 1,300 lbs off and I didn't care how they did it, I wasn't leaving until it was legal.Last edited: Oct 26, 2018
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