Over Weight When Fully Loaded

While true in and of itself, here is what happens. The driver is overweight, passes an open scale and must go in. He gets weighed. They see he's over so decide that while he is pulled around to deal with that ticket, they may as well do a level 3. That would not have happened if he wasn't overweight.

 

And then, WHAT IF they find a bunch of fat bottom girls inside the tank?!?!?!

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=pounds+to+kilograms&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

180 gallons times 8 comes out to 1440 pounds roughly

Im tempted to ask you is that all the fuel tanks? Im accustomed to two fuel tanks and 340 or so more or less.

If your 5th wheel is slideable I think it's 500 pounds per slot not sure. It could be more or less.

If you really want some fun, consider the season, the fluid is going to be a touch more heavy in winter than summer.

 

Where is everybody getting 8 from? It's just under 7 lbs per gallon.

 

That’s why prime runs those feather weight tractors... so they can load 47-49K

 

Diesel is 7.1 lbs per gallon

 

@csmith1281 here's a trick I learned a long time ago. As long as you're under gross, before you actually run across the moving scales, give it some gas to speed up a little, it'll get the product moving to the rear and you'll be fine. If you do get the dreaded "red light" and have to pull on the scales. Before the scale brake harder then normal to get the product moving as much as possible, most scale masters won't wait for the movement to stop.
It's worked for me every time, except one and I was still over on my drives but was still given the green light.

 

Tankers never set any brakes on the scale, this lets any surge gently rock the truck back N forth and not impart any additional weight, locking any axle causes the motion to be transmitted to the scale. I used to love seeing the trainees looking back at the truck rolling back N forth 5 - 6 inches each way...

One customer who's scale wasn't level had big signs telling you to use the chocks....

 

Here's a shot in the dark... check the ride height of your 5th wheel. Mine was a little bit low causing too much weight on my drives