Cat and weigh scale question

If your pulling a tanker, you'll be sitting on the scale a lloonnggggg time if you set your brakes. The surge settles down a lot quicker if you let the truck roll back and forth and settle down. Just watch you don't roll off of the scale!

 

For drivers who run in cold wet/snowy weather you learn fast not to set trailer brakes when you stop .. It sucks crawling under trailer to break frozen brakes free .. They can freeze in less than a hour if cold enough PS if your trying to slide axles and pin is hard to pull pull what I do is use spike to hold trailer and tug lightly with truck then set tractor brake and dump trailer air .. As trailer pushes forward you can usually pull pin easy if you catch it right

 

It only shifts the weight.

Mikeeee

 

If you ever wish to see the inside of a scale house,,,just roll up on the platform and lock the brakes hard..."driver,,pull around back..."

 

You can screw the load cells up BAD by doing that! Then they have a scale that is out of calibration. Could take weeks to get it serviced and re-calibrated(bummer).
WEIGH STATION 1 MILE
CLOSED

 

One driver brought out back to the wood shed, thousands of drivers thankful! Hehehee

Mikeeee

 

never set your brakes on a cat scale (or any scale for that matter) let the scale find center and settle a bit before pushing the button to contact the cashier.

 

Pull on the scale and stop.
Leave it in gear and turn the truck off.
The truck won't roll if it is in gear, and you don't need to set the brakes.
You will get a good scale every time.

 

I never set my brakes on a Cat Scale, I keep it in gear and turn the motor off, on a air ride trl. if the air evacuates when setting brakes it will through the weights off.