BC brake check stations

Which is kind of funny, considering my entire trip through to Prince George, up to Whitehorse and back out I saw a combined total of three RCMP cruisers, two of which were back to back on the 97 north of Fort St. John and only one BC scale was open (SB Fort Nelson).

 

Tete Jaune scale I've never seen open for westbound. Eastbound seems to run banker's hours.

Just a heads up, RCMP love setting up on that long, 70km/h straight stretch just west of the last light in Jasper. Seen them set up there at 11pm before.

 

With the speed I've seen some people carrying through there the twice I've been through there, that's nor surprising. Also some really STUPID tourists think it's a good idea to park on the shoulder in large groups to get out and walk around on the highway taking pictures of the mountains.

 

ive been pulled over 2x in that spot in my personal vehicle in 8 yrs goin to alberta for work

let go both times, lol

 

They have Camera's and will either nail them at the next scale, or they send a letter to the companies safety department. I never messed around in BC and didn't get nailed. Lots of guys at Bison used to roll through and safety obliterated them for it lol.

 

I admit that I never used to stop at BC Brake Check Areas but would note it in my paper log. A simple black line. The reason I never stopped at the brake checks was because stopping my Super B loaded with 80,000 lbs of lumber would heat up the brakes just stopping into the brake check. Then I'm supposed to go down the hill. Not good. I experienced brake fade once going into Prince George and it was scary putting the pedal all the way to the floor and the truck is not slowing down. I only stopped at the Brake Checks if there was a car there (maybe DOT) or at South Taylor Hill near Fort St. John.

 

How hot are you coming into the thing?!? Like panic stopping from 100 km/r ?? I never had this problem in 15 years of multiple BC brake checks every day, with more weight than that for most of em.

Thanks to stopping at brake checks over the years I have found blown wheel seals and trailer hub caps, big hub nuts rolling around inside the hub cap, airlines about to come off, broken slacks or Clevis pins, flat or blown tires, you name it. All things can fail en route, and all good things to know about before you go bombing down a hill. Especially considering theres usually a scale not too far up the road from em when you're dropping into town.

A guy shouldn't need a bunch of brake to the
point of getting things hot coming to a stop in a (usually) flat approach to a brake check.