How come NO ONE talks about the importance of weight scales?

*stomps foot*...i ALWAYS miss all the fun threads!!!! ..i wish just once i could read what was said BEFORE it was deleted!!!!!!

 

When you dont know what to do, call your company, and ask them. you are in charge of that truck. Good Luck.

 

I guess the "importance" of scales always seemed obvious to me. Then again I grew up in a cow truck. But still it seems that everyone that gets into trucking would understand the need to be the proper weight or at least go around the scales.

I did run into an incident in Sandusky, OH. There was a CRST Van driver who drove on the CAT scal, came in for a ticket and asked the lady at the counter what the numbers meant. Then she asked if she was good or not. The girl at the counter said I don't know so the driver start asking people standing in line about the CAT ticket and how to slide the tandems and the fifth wheel, yada yada. All along the lovely CRST truck was still siting on the scale...

So maybe the schools aren't teaching about scales, but like I said, it seems sorta obvious.

 

i try to be nice...really i do, i am just so much better at being rotten!!!!, it comes natural....lol, good advice wargames...we all were new at one time and nervous and didnt know what to do.....i think why some of the older drivers on here get mad is becuz someone asks for advice, then they get it, then they wanna argue with the older driver...seems like to me, if you are new, or newer, and asking for advice, you should be listening and not arguing....these older guys and gals have a lot to offer...i was the same the way... "hey dont tell me" but then i would think a minute...hey maybe i need to listen, once i stopped being so defensive, i learned a whole lot more...i didnt like being called wet behind the ears...but it was THE TRUTH....then i got to where i would listen to any older driver every chance i got....didnt always take the advice they had to offer, but most times did!!!! they have a lot to offer...try listening...

 

Overweight ticket still doesn't carry any points (right?) so don't worry about it. Get you a guide, ask on the cb, whatever you gotta do. Now you know not to pull into a scale when you know you're overweight.

Also scale a few loads and see what you weigh vs what the weight gauge says. Even if you only base it on what the gauge says is on your tandems, you'll learn how to tell what the whole thing weighs based on tandem weight and how the truck is pulling. After a while you don't need to scale most loads to know whether you're legal or not.

 

Well I reckon that your training school and/or trainer let you down on that one. At least you know now, right?

 

You work for your company, ask them to show you how to load a truck, how to adjust the weight back and forth. The only thing we can tell you, is what your allowed per axle. Every load is different, we have no idea what your loading. Call your company and tell them you feel the load is heavy, what should I do. This puts the blame on them. You asked them. When you are done loading, and you feel bad about the weight, tell them, Your not comfortable with the load. Refuse all overweights. Are you loading pillows, plants, Beer, tires, Machinery? We have no idea. So basicly, you cant even ask this question.