Michigan overweight.

These days with the roads and bridges in the poor shape their in(especially in Michigan) they're not ****ing around with these axle weights anymore. I've had to go thru scalehouses BOBTAILING-that tells you everything you need to know folks.

 

...so you were 29k on the rear axle and 4k on the front because of a KNOWN defect, and you DIDN'T expect to get a ticket for that? You do realize that your tires definitely weren't rated for that kind of weight, the axles/brakes/bearings probably weren't either. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if you were put OOS until either the defect was repaired or your weight reduced.

 

You're the one who brought up the trailer defect and noted it as the cause of the over-axle situation.

...and it seems to me you should have spotted the defect during any of the vehicle inspections you SHOULD have performed during the 2 days you were pulling it. Excessivley squatty tires on one axle would lead most to have a closer look...check air pressure...make sure airbags are inflated...simple little things like that which can easily be spotted even during the most casual walk-around. Heck, could've been as simple as a leveling valve rod popping off on one end, causing the airbags to deflate, and whichever way that caused the trailer to tip would cause that axle to be a little heavier. Whatever it was, as the driver, it's your baby. That's how the rules of this game are set up. YOU are the "captain" of your ship...and responsible for the safe & legal operation of that ship.

 

This 'deffect' is usually caused by "load locks" aka rearmost axle support arms that lock the trailer suspension when you set up the trailer breakes. When they load the trailer with this defect heavy, you start moving but those locks won't release, instead pushing most of the weight to the rearmost axle. You may be lucky and they may release during driving on a bumpy road, but may not. This happened to me before and I got an OOS in Georgia for that. There is some kind of valve that is responsible for this. As for the driver it is easy to spot, bc the rearmost axle tires will look heavily overloaded/underinflated under a heavy load. Than you just need to see if these locks released (with trailer breakes off).

 

there all kinds of axle weight 10' spread axle is 20k. 8axle trailer is 13k per axle. it all base on axle weight and spacing know the laws you won't get caught then there are bridge laws for tandems. Bet you know steering axle weight. You might want to study a little.

 

curious about what you were hauling and where you got the ticket?

OH and your trailer has air suspension?

 

Try not to stereotype officers and I will try not to stereo type you.

 

He said he was in Michigan and he got nailed at a DOT scale house.