Overweight ticket, shipper wrong about weight.

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  1. Sep 5, 2018 #21
    Jasonar15

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    The trailer is a reitnouer maxmiser so I think the ratings are good (90k I think) but will double check anyways.
     
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  3. Sep 5, 2018 #22
    Jasonar15

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    Wasn’t a broker load. Was from a shipper I haul for on a regular basis.
     
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  4. Sep 5, 2018 #23
    Oldironfan

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    It all depends what you are permitted to weigh, and your plate limit.
     
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  5. Sep 5, 2018 #24
    Jasonar15

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    I was thinking the same. That much off is just crazy. My setup is light enough to handle a couple 1000 off but not that much
     
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  7. Sep 5, 2018 #25
    baha

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    If you have air ride on truck or trailer you can put a air gauge on air lines and get a very good idea that truck is being over/loaded and have them start taking it off till you get to mark on gauge that you have made when you know truck is at all it can haul without getting a tic
     
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  8. Sep 5, 2018 #26
    tucker

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    I bet next time he’ll weigh the load at the TA in Baltimore.
     
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  9. Sep 5, 2018 #27
    Jasonar15

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    Yeah my tags aren’t that much. I thought he was meaning check the trailer cause the Cato weight was so much
     
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  10. Sep 5, 2018 #28
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    What’s a good system? Looks like it will be worth it. Will install on all 5 trailers I have
     
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  11. Sep 5, 2018 #29
    Oldironfan

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    You need to read drive axle also. Just get a psi gauge for the air bags. And Mark the number of psi they are max weight at. Most tractor have this.
     
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  12. Sep 5, 2018 #30
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    Theoretically, it shouldn’t be hard to prove the shipper lied if one has a Cat scale ticket showing an empty weight south of 30k. That would certainly mean one could take on a 50k max load legally, assuming of course the shipper didn’t lie about what their product weighs.
     
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