Stopping at scales when empty with a flatbed...

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  1. johndeere4020

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    I said most because absolutes are dangerous.
     
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    I said it because you posted inaccurate information
     
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    No I posted ambiguous information, I don’t know the laws in every state so I don’t claim to.
     
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    In over 30 yrs I've never had a scale master holler on the CB and tell me to go on, even with a open sign. If the small word is illuminated "OPEN" roll in even if your bobtail. If the big word is illuminated "CLOSED" mash your motor......
     
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    Empty log trucks are allowed to bypass some scales in MT, not sure if they can do it at all of them. I know they don’t have to pull into the one at Clearwater Jct when empty.
     
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    Really? I thought all commercial vehicles had to stop at all scales.
     
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    In Cali they have lanes for empty trucks, but you still gotta go through.
     
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    A few scales in Nc you use the left lane of the scale to bypass the scale... on I-40 and I26
     
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    The 71 southbound scale on 71 in Kentucky has a set of pre scales that determine if you weigh or bypass. The bypass lane would get full and a slow truck would be holding up a while line, I’d run a set of tires off which automatically trips you to the scale. When they seen you empty they’d green light you. I could pass 10 trucks sometimes.
     
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    SMH. The bypass lane in a weigh station is not the same thing as completely bypassing the weigh station.