DOT scale tolerance.

Seriously, I've never once scaled a load in VA. I'll slide to just right and hit the scales. They give you one hour to get it right before a ticket

 

Your fine. Under gross. and only a hundred over. You won't even get a second glance.

 

good advice above but if that were to be me i would merely slip it into gear and go with it. if you're scared,say scared. nothing to be scared of that i am reading. the ticket would not be that much if they even give you a ticket. besides,overweight does not go against your csa or mvr or license or company or whatever unless it is not paid. remember you are not over gross and they generally provide a bit of leeway.

Georgia is a nickel/$.05 per pound. the yankee states probably squeeze more out of it-

 

Lol. I've been stopped for being over weight twice. Once I had to have 600 gal pumped off me, the other was the pusher axles faulty wiring after I left the loading bay. Neither at on my CSA, I printed it two days ago. The 600 gal translated to 4200 pounds. The second time I was over like 450, so they let me go. I think it was cause I was over hours by the time I left so I was only going to the far side of the parking lot. The stupid pusher worked in the morning. I was so pissed. The first one happened in SD, north bound on the 29. The second was the last weigh station in Mo on the same freeway. Guys, that was a skate run. I would leave Bidmarck empty, spend the night in St Joseph, Mo, load in Hartford, IL, spend the night in St Joseph again, them drive home the third day. All legal, baby. I love trucks that do the speed limit. At $.38/mi? That was a sweet az run. Too bad I quit that job. Oh well. North Idahohas it's perks too.

 

Blow through the WY ports of entry, nothing but a waist of time... Never once have they came after me for not stopping

 

Lol. I have a buddy that works for Cali Highway Patrol that went after a scale dodger. A he did, another trucker said on his CB, "Here he comes to save the day." He even laughed at himself. He said he didn't care, but it's his job to stop the guy.

 

Man that is some sound advice right there.

 

haha...I like it.

 

I've actually never been stopped for weight issues but if it's only 200-300 over I'm not going to make a fuss about it. I'm going to roll my eyes pretty hard at any chicken coop that does.

I thought for sure I was gonna get it in ID one night when I had a broken tandem slide and was like 35,200 or something on the drives until I figured out later they actually allow up to 36,000 on closed tandems.

 

1 gallon of fuel - equals 7 pounds
100 gallons = 700 pounds
Get that overweight on drive axles and burn some fuel.