Pros/Cons of flatbeds,reefers,dry box etc...

If I have a poorly loaded van where I cannot axle out after jumping on the CAT Scales, I have absolutely NO hesitation whatsoever with taking it back to be reloaded. However, I did have a situation here not too awfully long ago where I swore up and down that the scales at the customer were wrong. What I didn't know was that, once the load was taken off their premises, it was yours. They didn't give a flying rip if you had fines or whatever along the way. That was your mess to deal with.

As it turned out, I had four scales that I knew I was going to cross, 2 in KY and 2 in NC. Both KY scales were closed; I crossed Asheville and they never said a word; Statesville scales I just knew were going to be closed. I topped off my fuel and headed up the road. Guess what? That's right; Statesville was OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!!

As soon as my steers hit the scales, on came the red light. I was grossing 85,340. No way to make that legal. Lucky for me that the company had no problems paying the fine; in fact, they told me they would after they tried everything in the book with the customer.

Needless to say, I scale every load with that customer anyhow, but it was their stupid unwritten policy at the time that got me in just a little bit of trouble.

Not necessarily. In just a few states (Western I think), you might have to put an oversized thingy on your trailer if that load of tires you're hauling during the summer is making the trailer bulge a little too much. It's been a very long time since I've seen that have to happen, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility.

But that's a major exception to the rule. I've never had to put an oversized banner on my trailers at any time. It's just a matter of dealing with axle weights on heavy loads. A lot more of my loads lately have been heavy but nothing that I really couldn't handle.

I haul a fair amount of high value loads that have specific security procedures to avoid a highjacking. Scaling out is one of those things that we are not allowed to do. If there's a problem with the weight on a high value load, the company will pay the fine, no questions asked. A scale ticket is a small thing to pay for a high value load being highjacked!

 

I've never done tankers, gut NOOO desire to. As you can tell I'm a lillte bit pro refer. Best frieght there is if you ask me.

 

I dont know how long ago you worked for Arrow but it has been $30 for company drivers for at least the last two years!