pulling a known overweight trailer

If its a Gen Set, how many gallons of fuel does the tank hold??? If you can't tell, give me the measurements of height, width and lenght and I'll figure out how many pounds the fuel weighs.


Does the trailer have HazMat signage on it for the fuel????

 

I thought that points dont go against you on an overweight. Maybe Im wrong.

 

It sounds like a specialty (what used to be called a JUMBOTRON) trailer--and it is a not for higher vehicle--just like all the regular TV Production trailers--got friends--that pull for some of the majors--and they are all over--even with a spread--especaill the 53' expandos!
Having said that--one as I understand it they fall under different permitting regs and it is a permanent permit and charged differently
Also your boss is supplying this vehicle(i'm guessing) for special events--or to another production company that needs it--therefor the permit is part of the cost of doing business and his rental rates for the unit should reflect that--I do not know what he is doing with it--but I can tell you for example--any of the NEP boys that do Production--the trucks do not roll for under 15k a day+expenses+mileage--etc.
And they almost all(some smaller do not need)on 90k permits--permit#right on truck under DOT etc.
SO IMHO--tell the guy who owns it(and making money with it)to get off some of his moldy money and tag and permit the vehicle properly--or find some other dummy to run around scales all day etc,,,
BTW--I'm betting--that with what he does with this--people NEED this unit to be at there event etc...and are paying a premium for it--so ask him how good it would be for business and his reputation--if you didn't make it--because you were behind some scale somewhere--cause he was too cheap to register his vehicle properly--while they are paying big bucks for it?
Ok Im done

 

This ladies and gentleman is why you should always spend a little more cash and buy a spread axle trailer. In this case he would not be over axle, would not need a permit. But since someone thought they could save a buck the driver gets the headache.

 

It was a custom made trailer, he said... most likely he, nor the carrier had it made - it's a subcontract gig. That said, we haven't seen a scale ticket on the thing, might just be pennies instead of nickels.

 

unless the dot pulls you on a certified full platform scale they must allow 3% for error..... the rest areas and portables are axle only.........also same in jersey.....yes really!!! ( note i live in pa and have driven here 36 years and know the law ....)




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I lived there for 7 and drove through it a gillion times... and until I see it in writing on a PSP website, I would never take the chance. Lots of states use mobile scales. Never heard of one allowing a percentage of grace.

 

Be sure to consult the weights and measures section of your Rand McNally Deluxe Motor Carrier Atlas. This section will give you the specific guidelines each state allows for axle weights.

Because you are talking about a 48 foot trailer king pin laws don't apply but axle weights will.

In some states you are allowed to have up to 38,000 lbs on a tandem axle while still remaining under 80,000 lbs GVW.

The old 12k, 34k, 34k is legal in every state but some states do in fact give a driver more flexibility when it comes to those axle weights.

 

Just take a look at their dot record

USDOT Number: 1426755

Not a company would go near