Overweight and OOS

You break and seal and stack a pallet to the back or high stack last pallet forward??????????
Video or it never happened.

OP what are you hauling? Is it one large unit? Sticks & bricks? What coup are you at? Banning?

 

That would not have helped much. What the loader did was load the front half of the trailer with cotton balls and the back half with mouthwash so it was tandem heavy. Would have been fine but he added 4 too many pallets of mouthwash all the way to the doors which teetertottered the trailer and gave me a false reading on my suspension gauge. Plus the bol said 36,000 pounds I felt no need to cat scale it.
That $10.50 I saved in cat scale cost me $4800 in reloading fees plus they took one pallet off and sent it the remaining 300 miles at $3 bucks a mile that I had to pay.

 

I've found those suspension scales to be accurate to within about 10,000 pounds.

 

I never trusted anything but a 3 axle scale.

 

My only overweight ticket was in Virgina. .Forget the weight but paid fine at scale and was sent on my way. Officer said I was good to go but don't cross another scale without fixing weight problem
My stepdeck trailer has the rear axle slide forward. It is a Wabash made in 1999, so they have been around quite awhile.

 

It makes the $200 ticket I got for a bolt in my tire seem like highway robbery.

 

Read that page fully. No where in there does it say anything about "points" or a "score" for the driver. It simply lists accidents and inspections and any violations noted during those inspections.

 

Don't worry about it.

 

Q: Will carriers be able to see driver BASIC Scores in the CSA or PSP systems?
A: No. Carriers will only be able to see the driver data; the driver's BASIC CSA Scores will be confidential.

https://www.jjkeller.com/learn/compliance-safety-accountability-csa-faqs#csa-drivers

 

CSA is one of the most confusing programs the FMCSA has ever come up with. I know for a fact that even some of the FMCSA branch offices give out conflicting information when asked. I Have posted that JJkeller link in here many times. Just a few FAQ's above the one Kmac posted is this one.

Q: Are there any violations that only the driver is held responsible for?
A: No. All violations are assigned to the company. If the violation is one that the FMCSA has determined the driver was responsible for or could have prevented the violations will also be placed into the driver's data.

It seems confusing and in fact it is. The best way to understand CSA and how it effects you the driver is simple. The FMCSA is holding YOU responsible for your actions as a driver. They are keeping a driver data history now that follows you. It is not a score per say but a history. The way I understand it is if you develop a bad history the FMCSA can take action against the carrier that hires you.

Here is a CSA FACT SHEET IN PDF FORM that should answer most of these questions. Take note of the last fact line.

FACT:
FMCSA does not generate or endorse “scores” issued by third-party companies for drivers and
motor carriers.

Keep it between the ditches drivers and stop worrying about CSA (scores). Just stay safe out there.