schools dont teach enough all they want is your money,then boot you out so they can get the next sucker through
How come NO ONE talks about the importance of weight scales?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by NewNashGuy, Feb 16, 2012.
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Here is another tip on loading. Ask the shippers if you can see the whole load they want to put on your truck. Get them involved with what skids weighs the most and the least. Find out the total weight of the whole load before you load it, look at your bills. I had a DOT officer walk up the side of my truck, and when he got to me he says " What you hauling, Flowers?" I said no, "Drugs" always puts a smile on them. He had a driver one time tell him he was hauling flowers, but when they opened the back doors , he had the whole truck filled with skids of bagged dirt. It was overloaded. You have to learn how to make a judgment call on your load.
Last edited: Feb 18, 2012
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after learning how to read my axle weight gauge I hardly scale anything under 30,000 now. But only if I can see in the trailer. If they loaded me close to the headerboard then ill just put my tandems where I see fit, within reason and legality.
Any load under 18k and ill ride with tandems all the way forward that way its easier to turn and back. Although I try to keep more weight on my drives -
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If your loading pallets of items and the fork lift driver has the weight of each pallet either on his fork lift or a scale on the dock then check the load out.. what you need to do is add it up then figure out how to load it so your not overweight..if its a pre loaded trailer then you need to look at the bills and see the total gross weight with pallets if they are used.. you want to know an old veteran trick i use.. i look at my tires and i can just about tell you how much i have on my drives or tandems...if ya dont belive me ill have you call my sister she will tell you... and if you were over were you over gross or over on an axle..most scale will be good enough to let you slide it and re-weigh..something dont add up
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On I-55 in IL there is a TA and Pilot north of the scale and a Pilot south of the scale.
Oh and the reason you never see anyone using the CAT scale is because you're supposed to pull on the scale, push the yellow button, give them your info, then you pull off the scale and go inside for your ticket. Inconsiderate people park on the scale and then go inside for their ticket. REALLY inconsiderate people slide their tandems while still on the scale which probably screws the scale up.
...and your trainer was awful for not going over scaling a load. Their boss should be notified of this since they're probably not doing it with other students, too. That's a problem that needs to be stopped pronto. -
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Wargames Thanks this.
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12,34,34 not to hard
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