Coastie Going O/O at last

Was this a pre loaded trailer that you got the ticket with?

And I would recommend spending a few bucks and install a Right Weigh scale on your tractor. You can hook it up yourself if you can twist a wrench and run a small airline. It will save you from embarrassing moments like this.

Sounds like someone was not paying attention when the trailer was being loaded.

Mike

 

Right Weigh! See? I've been asking everyone I know why they don't have something like that. There's another thing that should be standard. CAT scales should be shakin in their boots, yet hardly anyone's heard of this thing.

 

I have them on my tractor and trailer. It was around $160 from the dealer on the trailer and I did the tractor, in cab, for under $100. A real money and time saver, I know it has paid for itself 100 fold.

Mike

 

Wow, really cheap considering. Is it fairly accurate? Sounds like it depends on knowing/estimating exact tension resistance and some funky math.

 

I would say it is within 300 lbs. You install the scales, get a nice heavy load on board and run it over a Cat scale. You take those weights off of the scale ticket, and with a screw driver you adjust your gauges accordingly.

I rely on them 99% of the time. But, like everything, they are not perfect. Sometimes I will get a load that just screams Cat scale, real heavy and odd ball. Maybe once or twice a year I will get something like that makes me nervous, just call it human nature? But so far, the right weighs have not been wrong, and worth every penny.

Mike

 

hows the o/o going....???

 

Did you roll through any snow storms?

Mike

 

That I do not know, maybe you goofed? Sounds strange to say the least. I was thinking you hit a snow storm and loaded up the tractor and trailer with ice and snow.

Does that truck of yours have a rear air bag pressure gauge in the dash?

Mike