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240 pounds over on drive axles - How screwed am I?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by GhentSaintPeters, Oct 25, 2019.

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  1. Oct 26, 2019 #41
    F4T6UY

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    I got a written warning for 200 over on the drives in Falfurrias, TX a couple years ago.
     
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  3. Oct 26, 2019 #42
    MooneyBravo

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    Not very. Most states have a tolerance for axle and gross. If someone wants to be an a hole it's not going to cost you much at all. 240 lbs is not worth the paperwork.
     
    MooneyBravo, Oct 26, 2019
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  4. Oct 26, 2019 #43
    dca

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    Do a brake check
     
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  5. Oct 26, 2019 #44
    uncleal13

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    What’s in the trailer ?
    I had a load of ceramic tiles , I just walked about ten cases from front to back of the trailer.
     
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  7. Oct 26, 2019 #45
    MACK E-6

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    Careful. Not all trailers are created equal. Some have the holes further apart and/or less of them.
     
    MACK E-6, Oct 26, 2019
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  8. Oct 26, 2019 #46
    MACK E-6

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    Well, in my world that would mean my last stop must be a few skids of batteries or chemical totes.
     
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  9. Oct 26, 2019 #47
    Jenn72

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    I was overweight in Maryland on my drives by 640lbs. The ticket I got was $54. Cost me an inspection too. No hits anywhere else. Paid the ticket that night online before it went into their system. No record of me ever being ticketed. That was this pass May.
     
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  10. Oct 26, 2019 #48
    Rubber duck kw

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    I've got one overweight ticket in 3 years, that was because I tried to cheat and take a little bit of interstate down by Omaha, 11,000 lbs over is 1300 bucks in Iowa.
     
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  11. Oct 26, 2019 #49
    WesternPlains

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    I did get a ticket on overweight trailer tandems. Ticket in Oklahoma.
    I had weighed in Laredo at Cat Scale. Thought I was ok?
    I admit I had reason to doubt this. Probably should have reweighed elsewhere. Away from Laredo. But...
    Cat Scale paid the ticket.
    Yup.... their guarantee is good.
     
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  12. Oct 26, 2019 #50
    truckdriver31

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    just a reference
     
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