What to do when no scales are available?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Ganian, Apr 28, 2017.
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Used to be you could scale (for a fee) at a moving company. There doesn't seem to be as many of them around as there used to be, though.
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Now, what I would like to see is for someone to fight an overweight ticket on this basis, especially if they have a CAT scale ticket showing an tare weight sufficiently low enough to handle what's specified on the BOL. -
Most all of our shipper receivers have scales on site, for the few that dont we may scale light at closest truck stop, then scale heavy at same location after loading.
Yes it does feel like over kill at times... but we get paid to do it... -
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If you have an air gauge for the drives you can get it pretty close. 60 pounds in my last Cascadia.
My latest truck (a '20 International LT) shows me the weight on the drives, but it shows about 2,000 pounds lighter than what is actually on it. It is pretty consistent in that respect, so I can be pretty close. -
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One aspect of this drop&hook culture in trucking is the drivers can't visibly look at the load. While not 100% you can set the trailer tandems based on the location of the last pallet. With experience, a driver can generally tell if they are going to be close weight wise. In general, however, this will ALWAYS be a problem until the system HOLDS THE SHIPPERS legally responsible for overweight issues. YES! a shipper can install scales, work with the driver before they leave the shipper and the load is sealed as well as the tandem settings. "Can't/won't work" never solved anything!
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