79,840 and only an 1/8 of a tank!

I was hoping so, but on the net,,,, you never know.

Yes, I was talking about low hanging trees, what a LOT of drivers get away with in a dry van at 13'6" doesn't cut it on a car carrier at the same height.

Just move this question to the car hauler site and see what answers you get.

Not trying to be an ###, but when YOU own the company, and YOU own the equipment, and YOU pay the insurance, it tends to make YOU a little less caviler about things.

JMHO

 

This is why I made my profile say student! To make people like you say idiotic stuff like this.

I was unaware car haulers were 15' tall and required specialized roads. I was also unaware all car dealerships were on interstates. They would have to be since state highways are too dangerous!

 

I'll stand by my quote above.

 

Good for you. If it was me I would load the car, pocket the money and drive a few miles around the scales. Everyone is so paranoid it's funny.

 

Can you quote the regulation number for this?

Does this include snow / ice buildup?

Just curious.

 

Some states are like that especially AZ.

 

Only a few states I know of that will issue divisible load overweight permits and that's Ohio, Kentucky, PA and the northern part of Indiana and those are for steel coils only. I'm sure there are more but I'm sure they're restricted to certain products.

 

People are trying to be too precise on the weight of diesel fuel. The newer diesel is lighter than the old. It is my field that came up with 8 pounds per gallon. We use 8lbs because we are loading much more in the tanker. Diesel weight is proportional to temperature at 60° you will have 1 gallon. At lower temperatures you will have more. The law is trying to change everywhere and it's called the "Hot Fuel Law" which will make every seller have temperature correction pumps. Until then most drivers play it safe and use the old system of diesel weighing 8lbs.

 

It is state by state. For example, FL will issue an annual divisible load permit for 88,000 but it is not valid on interstates, as it wasn't available when the Feds froze the weight and length limits.
Snow and ice counts towards your gross weight as it should. Knock it off before you start running if you are running that close to gross.

 

I had a load that I scaled at 79940 with a half tank of fuel. That was fun.