its time the dot make the shippers have scales on their properties

Scales? I'd be happy if they would just have a restroom I could use.

 

Nick2001, It sounds like you went with Grumpy from Valley Trucking out of Ashland, Oh.

 

Most of the newer Wal_mart and Costco d.c.s. I've dropped @ have scales. Those places put in scales to protect their DOT numbers and to not pay for scale and driver time. The companies are motivated.

What criteria would you use to mandate the cost to install and maintain a scale? Is it o.k. to charge a driver to use it?

 

Think you missed the point! You stated " it's time the DOT makes the shipper have scales on their properties" sorry but government is to much into our lives as it is now, which is part of the destruction of this country, more government control is not the answer, how about instead? Maybe help fight for shippers having to pay for a return trip when they over load a truck, if they don't wish to install a scale, something on these lines, we need to stop telling the government "please control every aspect of our lives please"

 

SO you refused to ride with the driver because he didn't do a proper pre-trip?

SO you refused to ride with the driver because he didn't have the proper permits?

SO you didn't call Safety and ask them how fast you are allowed to go in a 65 zone?

You do have a CDL, right?

You should be able to drive a truck.

Why do you need him awake, you got control of the vehicle, not him and you are making the decisions.

SO did YOU check the load?

DID you demand him to stop so YOU can check the load?

Hate to break the news to you, he isn't a trainer, a trainer is the guy who helps you get your CDL.

First thing is if you got paid, you got hired. If you drove, you got hired so YOU quit.

Second thing is Welcome to the great world of Trucking.

SO did you do anything to follow the right way of doing things, like tell him that you wanted to do a pre-trip or check the load?

I have to ask, did you do a pre-trip when you got to drive?

I'm not trying to bust your balls over this but rather trying to point out something - you got a CDL, you should know the difference between what to do and not to do and you need to act as if you earned that CDL and want to keep it by not tolerating this BS - even if that means just doing it. I can't say what this guy is like but I can tell you what I've seen in my career and tell you that this is not about him but YOUR CDL and how to protect it.

 

Good thing to have but doubt many shippers will listen to you unless you can produce a certified scale ticket.

 

Here's the easy solution, when the shippers get the fine, they will stop overloading. I'm glad I'm not smart enough to drive a dry van or reefer. I'll stick with tankers, seems a whole bunch simpler to me.

Adam

 

This is entertaining

*pops another bag of popcorn*

 

I only drove OTR two years, never had a single overweight ticket.

I had 3 loads that had to be redone. One they loaded one too many rolls of paper, weighed about 90k gross. Shipper had no issue taking it off.

Second time was a gravel lot and rusty tandem slides. Tandems wouldn't budge, I was over on the trailer and they had a scale on site but no concrete. Just kept sliding around on the gravel. Finally was able to have the load reworked.

Third time I was over by 3,000 lbs but was 50 miles from the shipper, chose to roll on with it and not waste any time un-tarping and having pallets taken off.

 

Lol, I do it all the time and they do listen. You just have to present it properly along with yourself.