BC brake check stations

Logged, yes, but the only requirement in Remarks is the municipality and province/state or highway mile marker. There is no requirement to note what the activity was. Canadian information posted below, and American rules are effectively the same.

When the driver's duty status changes, does Section 82 and Schedule 2 require a description of “on-duty not driving” activities (fuelling, pre-trip, loading, unloading, etc.) in the remarks section, in addition to the name of the nearest city, town or village followed by the name of the province, territory or state?

Guidance: No.

http://ccmta.ca/images/publications/pdf//HoS_Application_Guide.pdf
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All the other information TRKFreighter posted has nothing to do with en route brake checks or other requirements.

 

I have a few decades running in BC. technically you have to mark your brake checks. In the old days you didn't have to. Then they were happy if you put a line down and marked it as brake check. Then they wanted the location or mile marker. Yeah I know that's a pain in the behind, but it will also save your bacon if you ever get into a wreck. You have documented proof that you stopped and checked your brakes. Even if you actually didn't lol.
Anyhow, one time I was on 16 heading to Kitimat. The old hag at the Vanderhoof scale had an issue with me not marking my personal bodily function stops on my log. According to her we're supposed to be marking down those. I didn't have the heart to tell her that's what we do during our brake checks lol.

 

I personally know people who were fined for not recording their load inspection stops, which are mandatory in BC every 3 hours or 240 kms, whichever comes first.
Draw a line down to near the bottom of the page and mark in a note why you stopped and all is secure.
The scales in kamloops are some i go by all too often. They have many times checked my book back many pages looking for exactly those stops noted.
Brake checks are also mandatory stops.
Run a brake check pullout and get caught its points and $1500.

 

Back in the 1980s and 1990s into early 2000s was a chubby, blond with short hair, named Cindy. She worked PG for years, then moved to the Tete Jeaune scales just north of Valemount near the hwy roundabout to jasper or mcbride. Anyone who ever met her i bet remembers her very clearly. I still wake up in a cold sweat some nights, and she retired 15 years ago.

 

I hated that scale then. They were rebuilding it when I went to load in McBride and I had a spare truck so threw the tarps on top of the load. Coming back a few hours later still under construction but open with 3 or 4 of them working. Out comes the height stick followed by the ticket book

 

When i was about 21 years old and dumb as stick, i pulled fuel for Bart Boos the Chevron bulk plant agent at the time out of PG. Loaded legal with a mix of gas and diesel to do a split load for 2 stations. Well sure the load was legal when i left the Husky refinery in PG, after driving in a blizzard all the way to tete jeaune cache scales, i was now significantly overweight. This was pre Cindy days, she was still at the BCR site scales in PG. Well i get the red light and park.
Walk into the shack and there was 2 older men on duty. They said go out there and kick some snow off your truck, and then circle around again. If you can get your weight down to only being 4000 kgs overweight we will just let you go. So i did just that and off i went all smiles. Well next year was the same sort of scenario one winter day, but Cindy who I swear hated all men, now worked there. I bet without a word of exaggeration i struggled to get snow off that truck for 2 hours before it was finally acceptable to her that i could continue on. Thst was the start of our 15 year relationship between Cindy and I. She hated me, and the feeling was mutual. Upon getting ready to retire, legally loaded one day, she lit me up with the old red light. When i got into the shack she said well Martin, I'll probably never see you again, its my last week on the job. She shook my hand and said that I was always one of her favorite drivers over all those years, and that I tried to be legal. It wasn't me, she was just doing her job to the letter of the law. I swore she hated me more than I knew anyone could hate another human for all those years. I left there with a lump in my throat that day.

 

Was told by a scale officer in kamloops that the field green br chk sign is green because it is in a park and doesn't follow the same rules as B.C. But it is mandatory.

 

Heather. West of Golden

 

I had several interactions with Cindy myself, starting from a day she waved me on when Hank went out to do an inspection on me. Cheapest cup of coffee between Vancouver and Edmonton was in that scalehouse. Like yourself, a lot of people got her all wrong.

 

I read her wrong for all those years. And yes the coffee was always on, and they were quick to offer a cup. Stopped by the Vanderhoof scales a few days ago, the lady who made us stop for a look at our permits and measure us up, she was quick with the coffee offer as well. She was cheerful and a true pleasure to deal with. Most are, it is largely dependent upon the drivers attitude when stopped. Went over the Prince George scales about 1.5 hours ago, they didn't even stop us, despite being over width, height and length. Just rolled across the pad, not even stopping per set of axles for an accurate weight.

Did hear something so stupid on Lad 2 this morning I had to respond, and I generally try not to say anything on the radio.
But a guy who was hauling something overheight said he was going to have to stop and unload the equipment then drive it under the overpass and reload it...costing him time and possibly chewing up the road with cat tracks all because he was going to be just a couple inches too tall.
Well i asked him what he was driving for a truck and pulling for a low bed. He tells me, and i said so its on bags. So dump the trucks bags...walk to the back of the trailer or wherever the controls are on that trailer and dump the trailer bags...drive under it ....stop and reinflate. Well he was all excited about the idea and like thanks so much.
How can people not use even two brain cells.
I have dumped the bags to get extra clearance 100 times or more....its just a part of heavy haul. I shook my head and my trainee was laughing at me because I was just in shock at his stupidity .