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Then it's loaded wrong. Too much material in the rear part of the box. All trucks need to be loaded to specs. Get a light weight (tare) then subtract the gross. There's your net weight. The amount you can haul.

 

They probably will insure you're under their legal gross weight after you load. As far a end dump work goes, you have to put some faith and trust in the loader. Sometimes you might actually be over on and axle if you were to axle it but generally cops give end dump haulers some grace on axle overage if they catch them in a surprise check point.

When hauling sand and gravel years ago, sometimes we'd have to shed a thousand pounds by carefully and slowly raising the bed and watch what falls out.

Hopefully they will have somebody show you the ropes for a day and hopefully you won't deal with any state scale houses an a regular basis.

 

New loaders have electronic on board scales. Its pretty simple. Your tare+net=gross. I drive 4 types of dump trucks. They haul 23-32 tons. Operaters get lazy. Keep them honest It's your license out on the highway. Make sure there's a tarp on the truck.

 

Just run around any scales.

 

Yes, you need to worry about axle weights because they are not truck-type specific.

 

That is why I like a spread for end dumps. It allows you to go heavy on the trailer if in doubt. A good suspension gauge on the drives will get your weight where you need it. Usually most loader operator's will start at the front. Depending on what I am loading I will usually tell them to move back when I get 30k on the drives. You will learn quickly how to do it, and the difference in operators also.