Did i charge for this correctly?

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  1. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    no kidding. cuz usually once the load is on the driver. and they haul it. and it's heavy. driver gets the ticket. in ALL states.

    and i don't see why 7 miles out of route would be a big deal. that's just a hop and a jump.

    i used to haul bio fuel into los angeles. the customer had another fueling station with a scale 20 miles away. we had to scale. then unload. scale. take tickets to customer. that's 80 miles in los angeles streets and lights. 5 hours out of our day.
     
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    Right Weigh makes an air ride gauge that reads axle weight not bag psi mine was about $100, if you know the weight of the load, what the drives weigh its easy to figure out what the trailer axles must weigh.
    I'd guess that most of your overweights must be on the drives though.

    I installed and calibrated mine over 2 years ago and it still reads correctly.
     
  3. Container Hauler

    Container Hauler Light Load Member

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    I've been looking for something like this ever since i saw it on a trailer a couple years ago.


    And yes you are correct 90% of these cans are heavy from the front.



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    Dumb move . If you were found negligent in a lawsuit would the customer pay all your damages ? As far as the shipper goes unless you got something in writing it would be all on you . Yes , drivers CAN be sued for negligence .
     
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    Who's job is it to make sure the weight is legal? Who's job is it to refuse if not legal? If something happened, you really think anyone would "have your back" so to speak, in a legal matter? Yeah right. The onus is squarely on you, the driver.

    You could come to an agreement where if load is over x, you can go scale and will be paid.
     
  6. Container Hauler

    Container Hauler Light Load Member

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    Well i got a counter offer of $1174 so i took it.

    13.25hrs @40/hr paid in full.

    $200 lumper paid in full.

    Here's the down side..... Only $370 on the drayage for the load plus FSC @ $74

    But its ok since the coop is basically half way to the consignee and i got paid for all miles, that makes up for returning the load back to the yard

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  7. Container Hauler

    Container Hauler Light Load Member

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    Well to me that should be an extra charge IMO



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  8. Container Hauler

    Container Hauler Light Load Member

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    Well not here in Cali.

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    Hers a pic in case you missed my other post where i was talking about it. Now unless I'm running my own authority then i get the ticket, but since I'm leased onto someone else they get the citation


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    cetanediesel Medium Load Member

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    That is friggin awesome
     
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    fortycalglock Road Train Member

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    There are a lot of folks here that could learn something from you.
     
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