weight limits?

I think Sawmill answered it. I'll bet there's a lift axle that is not engaging, or the equalizer valve is not putting air in the bags for the front axle of the trailer axle. If that fourth axle was down, it would take a little weight off the front tandem, too.

There's no weight posted for the steer axle.

 

What do you think, can I remove this from my record?

 

I doubt it can be removed, and if it can it won;t be easy. As an example our guy that got nailed in Fort Collins immediately figured it out and fixed it by cutting the power wire to the solenoid. Re-weighed and went back in to see if they would let him go and they handed him a ticket anyway, even though at that point he was perfect;y legal weight. POE told him he earned the ticket by driving into the state that way. All he accomplished by fixing it was being able to leave there. So...good luck.

 

I hope it's not too late and this driver has not gone underground and will still ask questions about rules, regulations, and laws. It's also very detrimental to a new driver when a driver with some experience spouts a requirement or law with his or her reference being that of a truck stop know-it-all. In my book those are the worse because a driver might just depend on a information to where it might effect his or her career. What's a driver to say when the truck is over and he got the information from a driver on-line? There's even talk here that a driver can load more than the laws limits. But where is he allowed to do that and what reference point did that come from? The critical information that supports the extra weight is left out and the driver has no backing. At least TinyTime gave the reason by stating there was more to the weight limits than just the law.

It's great that we help the new drivers come along but we could do even better. I know it's gets repetitive but think back when you first started out and how nice it would have been if you had a reference for all the items that we were responsible for. I've made the same mistake and just gave the information when I should have gave the information along where I found it so if the driver does get stopped he or she will have a much better chance.

 

dont worry about scaling your loads its a waste of time, also them weigh stations i wouldnt stop at them either they are only going to slow you down

 

I've learned alot from this forum since I became a member .I have more to say but I'll wait till I get on my laptop. I just think drivers dont take this profession serious enough like they should.

 

Ca DOT doesn't speciy any difference for Tractors.

www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/trucks/trucksize/weight.htm

Rand McNally shows 20k on single axle and on steering axle.

Did you get a ticket for being over on your steers?

 

no not me,but yea cailf is all over the board with steer weights according to that link,but most on highway 5 axle tractor semi is 12,500

 

Illinois weighs each axle independently. If you notice when you pull up there is a sign that says "Split Drives here" separate scales.

You can not have more than 20k on a single axle or 34k on the tandems. You must have been heavier than 20 on the 5th axle even though your tandems were less than 34.

I can't think of any other explanation.

 

Do you have a split axle trailer? Or some sort of adjustable axle? Because one traier axel has way more weight than the other