scaling doubles

I had a " duh " moment,,,,yep, sometimes the paper was wrong on the weight of 1 & 2 so I would have to put 2 on the front and 1 on the rear...lol

 

26k pups are not uncommon for us. 49k for a long box is the most I will risk. Keep your CGVW in mind based on the allowable legal weight per state. We are allowed 106k. We can legal all axles but gross over. They tried to triple me tonight. I crunched some numbers and would have been at 112k. No thank you I told my travel agent.

Putting the trailers in the right order is also something we are super careful about. If one is out of sync, they usually will write us a ticket when the difference is 1.5k.

As for actual scales, some states have the ones that scale one axle at a time, other states like Utah have these mega scales that will weigh your entire unit in one shot. I hate the single axle scales. Some of those idiot DOT officers will play the red light/green light stop and go game with me. Kinda annoying with triples when you have seven axles to scale. Meh.

 

In Va you just pull up on the platform like you would with anything else. When they pull you up to split your axles chances are you're getting a ticket. Single axles with sets are notorious for being over on the drives. At Con-way, we can generally scale a pup around 24k but I've been over on the drive axle with as little as 15. We have a scale in my yard so I run everything about 18 and up over before I go. I've also had sets that axle out fine but are way over gross.

 

I second this. The word wiggly comes to mind.

 

Bah, try triples when the second or third trailer is super tail heavy. The whole unit will snake its way down the interstate (almost looks like a waving flag), and there is nothing you can do about it.

 

That would prolly freak people out.

 

The state where I hauled trains and joints there has to be 1,000# difference in each trailer with the lead being the heaviest and the second equal or less. Wiggle wagons on rutted roads from studded tires where a night mare. If you get from point A to point B and you still all your trailers ok. If not that back box is somewhere between A & B.

 

Ignore my stupidity, I'm in my first year, I'm a local guy but see doubles all day long, there's only 2 stations I hit but never seen doubles cross them. Do you just blow the station?

 

I know this to be true. That's when you become jealous of the dudes pulling rocky's and turnpikes.