My over loaded axles were completely my fault as the fork lift operator at the back woods, redneck, hillbilly place I loaded didnt know how to load it so he asked me... And I failed to take into account that the skids were 2500# each instead of the 2000# I'm used to hauling. I should have had him put a single every other row and I would have been perfectly fine. As it were I put at least 2 too many double skid rows in the front half of the trailer.
I could have went back for a rework, but it is a pain in the butt place to get to (the only way in takes you over 2 or 3 restricted bridges that have 30 ton limits). So I took a few mins to see if I could find a route that wouldnt add too many miles AND keep me away from the scales until I could burn off about 80-85% of my fuel.
In the end I managed but I wouldnt volunteer to do it again, even though the senic route is a nice change. Most of the route I took I have taken before in smaller segments, but more for the pleasure of getting off the big road than to avoid scales.
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