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What a revelation. The "Carnac The Magnificent" system for picking out overweight trucks. The DOT should have you train all of the officers in the USA on how to do this. Consider the money that would be saved on scale houses,and even portable scales. Why all an officer would have to do is stand on the street corner,and give them the ole dieselbear patented evil eye.

How many citations have you written using this system alone? Do you put them on a scale to verify,or are you that good that you know how may pounds over to write the citation for without a scale? Did you ever think that the really heavy trucks are off yonder somewhere,and you never see them? Do you ever look at what a flatbed is hauling,or just the tires?

You do know that a properly inflated tire on a loaded truck will sound well properly inflated if you thump it with a hammer,or tire billy. You do know that low pro tires have a lot less sidewall ,and they squat less. I knew you did. I used to carry an impact wrench,and tire hammer,and tire irons ,and change my tires myself on the road wherever I could. I know a thing ,or two about tires,but I am sure you know much more.

There are areas in this country where trucks double,and triple load to all areas of the country all the time. Have you caught any of them yet? It would seem these guys have found a way to beat you,and the system,and make money! It would seem that is what trucking was suppose to be all about in the first place. Its funny they are not flatbeds.

I must say I do enjoy most of your posts,and wonder where you find some of these guys. I do think though that a true professional would not have to label them,as dumb,stupid,morons,or whatever seems to make you feel better about yourself at the moment. Please remember the more you attack them in that way the more it appears that you lack self confidence,and self esteem . As a final note the truly smart ones you're never going to catch ,because they are off yonder somewhere !
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Freedom, I'm not that good. I use that as an indicator on who to weigh with portable scales and who not to weigh with portable scales. I have had numerous guys hand me a weigh record that shows a legal weight , but they are not close to the "Load ticket." Guys drive or try to drive around me all the time. Sometimes I catch them, sometimes they get by. You're right, they make it by, they make a lot of money for running a double load. I catch them once, and they haven't made out so well. It's a game of cat and mouse. Some guys look at it this way and love the game. It doesn't bother me one way or the other. I know I can't get them all, nor do I try. But more often than not I will get one or two a day doing it. 50 probably get by me why I have one stopped, but such is life.

Look their are guys doing dirty stuff that I and every other guy can not or does not catch. It's like fishing, you can't get them all. Although some guys do dumb stupid things. I'm sorry if I say something is stupid that it offends you. But in the world I live in I don't sugar coat things, I'm not a touchy feeling type tree hugging person and I definately am not a politically correct smuck. I call things the way I see them and know no other way. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck in my world.

The low profiles are different and I have learned over the years to tell the difference with them. The old regular tires was what I was talking about. Those were the ones the "old guys" taught me years ago. I weighed a lot of low profiles and found they were ok using the same screening method, but I live and learn. I learned other ways to tell them. I look at the load, the placement of the load and knowing what products weigh. It's not an exact science, but it is a good screening tool on who to pull scales on at roadside and who not to waste 25 minutes of my and the driver's time.

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Freedom, I'm not that good. I use that as an indicator on who to weigh with portable scales and who not to weigh with portable scales. I have had numerous guys hand me a weigh record that shows a legal weight , but they are not close to the "Load ticket." Guys drive or try to drive around me all the time. Sometimes I catch them, sometimes they get by. You're right, they make it by, they make a lot of money for running a double load. I catch them once, and they haven't made out so well. It's a game of cat and mouse. Some guys look at it this way and love the game. It doesn't bother me one way or the other. I know I can't get them all, nor do I try. But more often than not I will get one or two a day doing it. 50 probably get by me why I have one stopped, but such is life.

Look their are guys doing dirty stuff that I and every other guy can not or does not catch. It's like fishing, you can't get them all. Although some guys do dumb stupid things. I'm sorry if I say something is stupid that it offends you. But in the world I live in I don't sugar coat things, I'm not a touchy feeling type tree hugging person and I definately am not a politically correct smuck. I call things the way I see them and know no other way. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck in my world.

The low profiles are different and I have learned over the years to tell the difference with them. The old regular tires was what I was talking about. Those were the ones the "old guys" taught me years ago. I weighed a lot of low profiles and found they were ok using the same screening method, but I live and learn. I learned other ways to tell them. I look at the load, the placement of the load and knowing what products weigh. It's not an exact science, but it is a good screening tool on who to pull scales on at roadside and who not to waste 25 minutes of my and the driver's time.
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I would not be giving away too many secrets here.

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I would not be giving away too many secrets here.
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No secrets medic, none that the average Joe doesn't already know.

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No secrets medic, none that the average Joe doesn't already know.
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Some here are not even at that level.

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dieselbear said: ↑

...I look at the load, the placement of the load and knowing what products weigh. It's not an exact science, but it is a good screening tool on who to pull scales on at roadside and who not to waste 25 minutes of my and the driver's time.
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So a load of hardwood 18 feet high is probably a safe bet, huh?

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So a load of hardwood 18 feet high is probably a safe bet, huh?
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Or when you see that dry van with the bow in the middle.

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I took mine in TX and she was good! I don't know if she held a cdl, but she Looked GOOD!

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Freedom, I'm not that good. I use that as an indicator on who to weigh with portable scales and who not to weigh with portable scales. I have had numerous guys hand me a weigh record that shows a legal weight , but they are not close to the "Load ticket." Guys drive or try to drive around me all the time. Sometimes I catch them, sometimes they get by. You're right, they make it by, they make a lot of money for running a double load. I catch them once, and they haven't made out so well. It's a game of cat and mouse. Some guys look at it this way and love the game. It doesn't bother me one way or the other. I know I can't get them all, nor do I try. But more often than not I will get one or two a day doing it. 50 probably get by me why I have one stopped, but such is life.

Look their are guys doing dirty stuff that I and every other guy can not or does not catch. It's like fishing, you can't get them all. Although some guys do dumb stupid things. I'm sorry if I say something is stupid that it offends you. But in the world I live in I don't sugar coat things, I'm not a touchy feeling type tree hugging person and I definately am not a politically correct smuck. I call things the way I see them and know no other way. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck in my world.

The low profiles are different and I have learned over the years to tell the difference with them. The old regular tires was what I was talking about. Those were the ones the "old guys" taught me years ago. I weighed a lot of low profiles and found they were ok using the same screening method, but I live and learn. I learned other ways to tell them. I look at the load, the placement of the load and knowing what products weigh. It's not an exact science, but it is a good screening tool on who to pull scales on at roadside and who not to waste 25 minutes of my and the driver's time.
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Thanks for your professional and diplomatic input (seriously) . . .

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This thread is supposed to be about the stupid stuff that our resident cops see.
Posted for ya'lls and mine entertainment.

Not a weight pissing match.

Thank you.

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i really enjoy reading about DB's stories.

i hope he keeps posting in this thread even if it has been hijacked.

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