Arizona Scales???

I don't blame you at all. I would raise 7 kinds of hell! I really loved running for Air Ride until they filed bankruptcy. We pulled crap loads out and all of our backhauls were for PACAR. I pulled 53' dry vans full from top to bottom and front to back that never weighed more than 28,000. Most were interior parts that weighed less than the racks they were in. Most weighed 18 to 20k. Had a 2007 PETE 386 that had everything in it INCLUDING the kitchen sink.

 

not that good? i thought you said it was 4.50 a mile. get on your big girl panties and get to fort worth. and didnt the copper load cancel anyway.

you got to know that when hauling flats the weight is many times an estimate, not actual. it works out in the end. many times a 40,000 pound load ends up being 20,000.

you will burn down the fuel and be fine.

get out there and ride and when ya leave el paso, i will blow yer doors off on i-20 when i leave el paso in the morning

so quit #####in and get to ridin, stop and see the thing, you will feel better.

 

I would think your truck would have an air gauge for the drives already and if L/S trailer doesn't have one get one. Doesn't have to be anything fancy just a liquid filled air pressure gauge. And like Falk said somewhere on here put it out of sight not on the rear of the trailer. Somebody said NAPA has they cheap. For the years you have been driving you let these little things bother you too much. Get an air gauge because some of those shippers will take advantage of you and some are clueless. If that agent is loading you with that kind of freight out of Az. i would not be Pizz___ him off.

 

I assume your truck has an air gauge for the drives. Get a cheap glycerine filled gauge and mount it out of sight on the trailer. That will give you a better idea where you are at when you load. There are shippers who will take advantage of you anytime they can. And don't be getting the agents out of bed over 500#. That's a very nice load,don't be angering people like that. My opinion, you blew this way out of proportion.

 

Just curious why you guys say to mount the guage out of sight?

 

Out of sight out of mind. Sometimes such as this you are off weight. Some DOT people know what they are looking at when the gauge is a little higher than normal.

 

Not telling you how to run the truck but, knowing that you know most flat loads from the middle of no where can be heavy or light I would recommend this course of action.

Keep the load on and get to a pay scale and weigh it out, keep on trucking and deliver the load. Submit the weight ticket to the broker and figure out the weight difference to the pay, ask him for a little more money for the load.

If nothing else save this as a learning experience.