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Weigh Station From Hell!@#

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Gibraltar, Feb 4, 2018.

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  1. Feb 4, 2018 #1
    Gibraltar

    Gibraltar Bobtail Member

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    The folks at Coutts pulled over my friend for an inspection and had him re-do all of his load in the trailer because the last two skids on the trailer weren't placed sideways. It ended up costing him close to $900. to have it fixed. I wasn't there so I don't know but when I haul bananas from California to Alberta, shippers do not allow skids to be placed sideways.

    Anyway, nobody has given us more grief than these guys at Coutts. Is there any online portal where us new drivers can look up bylaws and these outragious rules and regulations so we may be better informed in the future? Thanks
     
    Gibraltar, Feb 4, 2018
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  3. Feb 4, 2018 #2
    Chinatown

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    What's the reason for wanting the last 2 skids sideways? On the surface it looks like a money grab with some crooked scale house employee on the take from whoever adjusted the skids for the driver.
    Tennessee used to do things like that until OOIDA filed a massive lawsuit against the state and won.
     
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  4. Feb 4, 2018 #3
    ‘Olhand

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    Why not just downstack the last two pallets and load them on the floor wall to wall.....before paying 900 to have someone come out and turn two pallets?
     
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  5. Feb 4, 2018 #4
    TruckerPete1990

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    Please post a copy of the inspection report. Unless his skids where hanging off they can't tell you they gotta be sideways. So without this inspection report I'm calling this friend a lier
     
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  7. Feb 4, 2018 #5
    magoo68

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    Load shifted and scale made then rework load is my guess... coutts is sticky on load securement and we are supposed to make sure it's secure even in a van/reefer
     
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  8. Feb 4, 2018 #6
    CoyoteExpress

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    Never a prob at this ab/mt scale
     
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  9. Feb 4, 2018 #7
    Ridgeline

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    I thought this was a scale from hell?

    That's nothing.
     
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  10. Feb 4, 2018 #8
    DustyRoad

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    The only time I ever saw a loader spin the last two pallets was so the trailer doors would shut.
     
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  11. Feb 4, 2018 #9
    25(2)+2

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    It was done on 48s, but I didn't pull that many of those.

    We had to spin a whole load to fit a 53 van load on a 53 reefer, but they did fit, darned fool brokers that just see 53 and assume.

    I waited hours for one and when it came down to it, we didn't go because that one had to be a van or plate van. Broker asks, "you have a dryvan, don't you?"

    No, we have reefers, bull racks, and live haul chicken trailers.
     
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  12. Feb 4, 2018 #10
    Dave_in_AZ

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    I'm way not understanding what difference it makes which way the pallets are turned? Unless this is a Canadian thing?

    It is DOT rule the load must be secured. But I've never heard of pallets needing to be in a specific manner to conform to a rule.

    I think I'd be in jail, rig impounded for some line of bs like thst.
     
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