I wonder who take’s the blame & pays the ticket when they get a over weight ticket
I could see the driver says it’s faulty equipment the company should pay
I can see the company saying. We’re not paying it we have scales on our trucks not or problem you don’t know how to utilize them
Right weigh onboarding scales?
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I would think that just having it on the drives would be all you need; fuel-up, then move as much weight as you can onto the drives (for traction..), and the trailer will take care of itself. Unless the shipper lied about how much they loaded, in which case, any overweight ticket should be on their dime..... Seems like having it on the drives only will take care of better than 99% of all loads successfully...
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They need to be calibrated, and the way most drivers treat trailers they don’t stay calibrated
a regular air PSI guage into the bags is like $15 and will let you know if your close or not, if you stay to hooked the same trailer you’ll know what psi you have per pound and can just do the mathMagoo1968 and Diesel Dave Thank this. -
If you have a basic axle load gauge you can figure it out pretty easy. Example on my truck 34,000 lbs is 59 psi so I know each psi is roughly 576 lbs. I check it on flat ground with full air pressure I gently roll to a stop and read gauge .. if you know your empty weight and load weight you can estimate trailer fairly close.
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Now whether it’s worth the time and a judge will buy it or not is another question. -
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