Over weight help?

Never know what mood the DOT boys/girls are in.
I saw a bedbugger with a mattress tied to the back of the trailer, not being allowed to move because he was overlength. He was on the CB radio trying to find someone headed east to haul the mattress to the east side of Atlanta for him. It's painful seeing what some of those DOT people do for excitement. I would have helped, but my trailer was loaded so the mattress wouldn't fit.

 

What's odd is by the time some has to jump on a forum to ask a question and get answers, the load could have been reworked to balance it out.

 

I agree. Except for truckingsexy. She should ask whatever she wants regardless of how much time it wastes.

 

I run them a lot in past 20 years, seen one Ar DOT no contact though. Also breaking out portables to check axle weights is kinda rare most and I stress most contact with the "man" roadside is a level 3 and your on your way

 

I actually think the question was a good one. Yes it is true by the time the thread finishes not only might the load be reworked most likely it is also delivered. It is however a great question for new inexperienced drivers to see. Then like many other issues there is not one size fits all answers to it. YES the best answer is rework the load. However what if that is no longer possible? I once loaded in Effingham late one Friday afternoon and the shipper closed up as I was leaving to go scale. This can and does happen. Reworking it means staying THERE until Monday morning. (late load service failure). In my case I got my Truckers Atlas out and noticed there was only one state in my path that a restrictive tandem length from king pin and that was the state I was in. So I got my load legal by setting my tandems back and took it on to Texas. Then the OP was advised to just haul it. (this was also my advice because of the only 1800 pounds over). Yes you could get hit at the Hope scale just not likely. There were also some reply's to take state and US highways and go around those scales. This can and sometime does become a nightmare. Some cops by their very natures can be very suspicious when they see a strange truck (funny comment I know hear me out). These towns are always worked by the LTL lines that make pickups and deliveries. Same with Grocery Companies and gasoline tankers. Arkansas highway 29 runs into Hope. lets say a trooper has been following you north on 29. Then stops you (happens all the time in America) asks to see your bills. See's Houston going to Memphis. Asks why are you not on the (big road)? If you think a cop is a dummy that don't know that route can be used to bypass a scale you are going to one day be in for a huge surprise. I am not trying to say it is not legal for you to be on that route. I'm saying you are going to be on these cops radars as going around a scale. Then the nightmare starts. Some of the old timers in these forums know how it used to be in regard to going around scales. I don't think it is that bad today. Just know it is not a perfect solution. In this case reworking was the best solution. If however this is not possible if I ran it or went around a scale is going to depend on my experience and how much I am actually over.

 

I had a driver do that once, the Ohio DOT cop made her take the truck to a cross dock and have the load set properly, then bring the truck back through the scale house. Cost a few hundred bucks, and she got a warning.

 

Didn't say it wasn't a good question but come on ...

 

Your gonna argue just to argue your right I'm not 20 years who knew.

 

I'm just glad this wasn't a discussion regarding an over weight problem wherein the jeans no longer fit right. This can be upsetting for many.

 

I apologize if you took my comment as an argument. I was also not trying to talk down. What I was attempting to do was briefly discuss the pros and cons of each answer the OP got. I have went around scales. I have also ran loads a bit overweight. Nothing wrong with a discussion.