Don't forget BlueBeacon ..
Cuz ya never know when ya might need that trailer washed out!
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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I figure if they didn't want trucks on a certain route you'd see a sign...if the road is open I run it... I've crossed, maybe, 5 scales in the last 100,000 miles. -
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Kind of sad though.
Not many other business employers would DARE to have employees do anything for free. -
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I'm going to agree with "schools needing to teach weight distribution" cause u go to these thinking "hey I'm getting the real deal here"; sadly it's not the case, and like many other ppl have said on here "3 Weeks is not enough" I'm almost to the 3/4 mark on my yr and boy have I learned more than I expected. I had no idea truck driving had so much info! It's truly amazing how underrated this industry is. But I'm also gonna agree with the "it's ure responsibility once u sit behind the driving wheel" argument .... It's unfortunate that the OP got a ticket coming fresh out the gate tho, and I personally think that alot of new drivers .... How should I put it ... aren't lucky enough to learn this ... I for one am a very curious person, so when I first hear sliding tandems in school it opened my curiosity, and from then on I started asking everyone, my first week out me and my trainer got a taste of 'what happens when they load u wrong' ...but I guess, I was lucky to be in the right time sort of thing. Weight Distribution is an art to itself, there are the basic fundamentals, then u have some complex problems to it ... I remember the day I figured out that I could ease off weight on the steers even after the 5th wheel was all the way back ... I felt as if I had discovered electricity or something. Now I've been stuck here for 2 days, scratching my head trying to get it right ... But they loaded these darn paper rolls all the way up and I got no way of releasing the weight of my steers ... I should've known something was off when my steers we're 13700 on my 5th wheel sweet spot ... Back to the shipper ... Again!
Last edited: Jul 23, 2012
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depends where your running,
some states, I'd go with that on the steers........airforcetoo Thanks this. -
How tight are you on the trailer?
One solution would be to get the trailer right at 34,000 if you haven't already.
Then see how things are sitting on the truck.
That is if you have sliding trailer tandems.airforcetoo Thanks this. -
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yeah but you need to make sure your weight rating on your steers is over 12000 cuz u could get a ticket for that too.....
airforcetoo Thanks this.
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