They DO NOT allow you to be over weight on that axle if your loaded and that tire is over the manufactures max load rating your in violation.....
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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by tderrick, Sep 1, 2014.
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Lately TA/Petro has the policy of having the driver observe the torque of the nuts and sign a paper back at the desk.
Then they suggest stopping back at any TA/Petro within a hundred miles or so to recheck the torque.
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So does this infer we should keep a B/A Torque wrench and 33mm socket in the truck? -
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There is nothing subjective about it. Anybody with even an ounce of common sense can see that it is extremely unsafe to sit on the shoulder of a highway...which is why stopping/standing/parking is generally prohibited and stalled vehicles are regularly towed from the scene. Even a brain-dead idiot can see the danger in having a guy put a new tire on the truck on the side of the highway with 70+ mph traffic passing right behind his back. Driving a truck that is only slightly overweight on 1 tire out of the 17 remaining tires on the truck a short distance at a reduced speed to get out of harms way is SIGNIFICANTLY safer, provided there is no rubber chunking off creating a hazard for other motorists or the tire risks coming off the rim and rolling off into traffic. Neither of those are possible if the tire has already been removed from the rim and stowed properly.
When in doubt, apply common sense.Last edited by a moderator: Sep 1, 2014
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Also I beat your the kind of driver that thinks he can drive over his 11th hour to find a safe haven -
You'd have to be a derned fool to roll across the scale with a tire pulled off. That isn't what we're talking about. Besides that, the scale IS a "safe" location to have work done, so if you blow out a tire a mile before reaching the scale you just turn into the parking area without crossing the scale and if they come out to ask you what you are doing you explain that you just blew the tire a mile or so back and this was the nearest safe location to have repairs made.
Read that little green book. It is all in there.Last edited by a moderator: Sep 1, 2014
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