"But Officer....."

Im not worried about 15 minutes over on HOS or 1,000 lbs over on an axle. In fact on weight I rarely look at it unless it is significantly over on gross. Just the other day a grain hauler was delivering within the city. He was 92K with no permit (max of 80 legal). I handed him back his paperwork, told him to make sure he got a permit before coming thru that heavy again and I drove away.

This particular truck that the entire thread started over had an excavator that was almost 37K set over a set of tandems. I never weighed it or noted anything on the inspection. In fact on that day I only performed a level 2. I figured he had enough problems to fix (including needed a federal annual on both units). Besides I was wearing my knee high leather motor boots.....I know I can hear the cat calls already.

 

All of the past inspections were on other equipment. This was the first inspection for this piece of equipment. That said this is a local construction company and it was the owner driving. We had a long conversation about liability and we have already set an appointment for me to go to their yard and review ALL of their equipment.