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Overweight, loaded with an extra 8000lbs, what would you do?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Charlie42, Jan 28, 2023.

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  1. Jan 28, 2023 #1
    Charlie42

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    Any suggestions would be helpful. I have a strange load on my trailer, seemingly stuck there for now. Freight was supposed to be “wrapped sheets of metals”. Got to pickup and they started loading sheets one by one. 97 sheets and 4 hours later, all on. I asked a few times for confirmation on the weight. Everyone said “yep, weights correct, you’re all good.” Headed off to a weigh station 20 miles down and could feel the weight was way off. So, it puts me 800” overweight. Called the shipper, he said “just bring it, I’ll pay any tickets or tires blown”. Righhhtt..Broker who set it up says “shippers problem, not mine.” Rate con from the broker outlines the weight and number of sheets, and it is 12000lbs off. It’s valuable freight, so I’m curious why they don’t hire a forklift to come out half on a different truck and get their freight delivered. I’m sure this has happened many times, a first for me where I’m not legal to move due to the weight error. Any suggestions?
     
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  3. Jan 28, 2023 #2
    Concorde

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    Are you currently oos at a weight station for being overweight?

    Your post is imo..confusing
     
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  4. Jan 28, 2023 #3
    Professor No-Name

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    Never rely on what shipper says weight is. When in doubt scale at a cat scale. I would even go so far as to say if you have to then go around any state dot scales if need be to get to a cat scale. Dot will not accept any excuse you have for not being legal, so get it legal or make em rework the load if ya can't.
     
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  5. Jan 28, 2023 #4
    Jubal Early Times

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    So you’re 800 pounds over gross? I don’t see a problem.
     
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  7. Jan 28, 2023 #5
    rbrtwbstr

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    800 pounds and you want them to truck a forklift to you to offload it on to another truck? I'm sure the broker and the shipper will get right on that LMAO. Heck the Pope may even step in to help!

    Seriously just run the load. The overweight fine is the cost of doing business
     
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  8. Jan 28, 2023 #6
    abyliks

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    I don’t know where he is, but around here anything under 10k over weight is just a fee to the crown and keep on trucking, not an oos

    800 pounds is a dilligaf as far as I’m concerned,
     
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  9. Jan 28, 2023 #7
    dptrucker

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    sounds like he is at a weigh station.
    they might have put him oos.
     
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  10. Jan 28, 2023 #8
    rbrtwbstr

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    I know Maryland just sends a ticket for overweight. Unless you're over 100k gross. Then you're made to remove the extra, and they will send you a ticket.
     
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  11. Jan 28, 2023 #9
    abyliks

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    TripleSix

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    Hindsight, would’ve could’ve should’ve stuff.
     
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