Help me, bobtail, stop at Port of Entry and Scales?

Sheee-it. Me and my buddies have this question and looks like we got it wrong. Especially when leaving a state. I suppose the answer is that we have to look up the regs in each state we may drive in to make sure otherwise better to be safe than sorry and just stop in.

Lately I drive from Douglas Wy to CO and back. Heading south out of Wyoming on I-25 there is a port on the Nbound side. Do I have to loop around and go through there? What if I'm overweight and permitted vs. underweight and no permit? Then on 85 heading south out of Wyoming it's a two lane highway. Generally I pull into the Port on 85 and not the one on 25 although truth be told I don't see much difference except for the divided highway.

I'm going to get this figured out once and for all because we end up driving a crews worth of equipment, all of us took our CDL tests some years ago and can't remember the exact laws or details especially since we usually don't work out of state so don't get a lot of experience going through ports.

 

ALL COMMERCIAL VEHICHLES MUST ENTER OPEN SCALES

 

That's pretty cut and dry. Thank you for answering my ####### questions.

 

US 85: Enter from any direction (including WY 223) if signs directing you to enter
I-25: Northbound only

 

What if you have no decals and a not for hire sign? Are you then exempt?

 

Anything with a dot number

 

Not for hire doesn't mean squat.

 

So even a tractor used to pull a personal fifth wheel has to go in then

 

Nope- Still a commercial vehicle subject to vehicle inspections......

New York,Nebraska and Missouri , (and probably others) Love to Inspect Joe Schmo with a pickup truck pulling a smaller utility trailer for Private/Small business purposes UNDER 10,000 GVWR, Your typical Ford F-350 with regular hyraulic brakes

 

What do the signs say?