Happy Drivers appreciation week!!

Maryland did the same to me too. Ticket first then slide all you want. Luckily for me they didn't require a reweigh as the tandems rails were stuck so I hightailed it out of there still over axle weight after dragging locked tandems across their lot a few times to no avail.

The Oregon ticket was with a tanker so no sliding anything. Company picked up the tab for that one though.

 

530 dollar over weight ticket? My wife or bank account would never miss that.

I thought you got a over weight ticket lol.

Pay it and move on. Lol.

 

These tickets are nothing more then revenue. We have overweight permits hauling milk. The difference between having an overweight permit, and not having such a permit.... money.

Question.... I know each trailer I pull I have a separate permit for. Do those permits cover that 1 trailer with multiple tractors, or does the permit cover the trailer regardless of what truck is pulling it and each truck has a copy of the same permit?

If a permit is issued everytime the combination changes, what a money scam. I use in total 6 trailers, often times another truck might deliver to the plant.

The difference between a truck with a permit and one without, nothing but money. Tires, brakes, tractor is all the same. It's all a money game

 

O yes, good ‘ol ‘driver appreciation week’, over the years has morphed into ‘employee appreciation week’ at the large employers, that way all the gifts, cards, prizes, etc., are paid out to every ‘non-driver’ management can find.

 

It's a bit naive to see a world where "capital" is not the king! Everything we do in life apart from social items like family is money-related. I don't ever remember telling my carrier oh don't worry about this I will take that load out west for no pay! Governments are no different. Agreed most Governments from DC down to the local town have their hands in the "cookie jar" and look for ways to get more every day. In the case of permitted loads at first, it was to direct routes to keep a "special" load running and avoid load restricted roads or bridges as well as low clearance bridges. To keep them running during the day time and to not run at all in some areas. Is it all about money? Of course, it is. In this situation saying it's all about money is like notifying the entire forum, the Pope is Catholic!

 

Money is why I stuck with walton milk hauling. Plant deliveries arent part of my route, they are added loads. I get $50 extra everytime I go to oatka. Sometimes it takes two hours to unload and wash, today no one at the plant. It will take me less then an hour here.... or about $1 a minute... I get 5-6 extra plant delivies a week, sometimes more. Going to the plant covers my mortgage on a monthly and then some... walk away from that, I really cant. I've already made 49k so far this year..... on a local job.

Yes indeed, money is a huge motivator. I almost always make over $20 per hour on these loads.

 

Heard about "driver adoration week" on the radio, but no coffee and Ding Dongs at the terminal,,,guess they did not get the memo

 

We get a goodie bag every day. Got a rain coat one day and a 40 dollar credit to buy any food item in warehouse today.