AETC in ND

How could they not know about two invoices per load?

 

Because they'll dispatch two loads from the same tank

 

What are "frost laws" and how do they affect the way a driver does his job?

 

They limit the amount of weight per axle to protect the ground as it defrosts

 

As an example: come spring, the law dictates that certain roads around the counties are reassigned to a lower weight-per-axle rating.

Throughout the year, we would load heavy and I would haul 125 bbls on a two axle 130 barrel tanker-trailer. This was about 12,000 pounds over the legal limit, but they were short hauls and earned $162 per load to the company; $1.30 per bbl.

Come spring, when frost laws came into effect, I could only load about 70 barrels, to be legal, earning $90 per load. And legal we would remain, as the deputies and troopers we’re out far more.