When do I need to stop at weigh stations?

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  1. TROOPER to TRUCKER

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    I wasn’t thinking about the ag station
     
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    My post that you quoted was clearly about Florida agriculture inspection stations.
    Hitting the bottle a bit today? I got about 16 hours before i make it home and then it will be my turn at the bottle. Got a new bottle of blantons waiting on me.
     
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    I’m was just skimming and on pain meds for my issues and on vacation which sucks with my foot and ankle. I think I just quoted and replied without reading the entire post.
     
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    Its cool man. But i can still give ya grief about it. Especially since you ain't sharing the party favors.
     
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    When in question err on the side of caution. You don't have to weigh and they will just give you a green bypass arrow. Won't hurt a thing to get used to it especially since as soon as you put numbers on your door they will be lighting you up. The scales love you guys. Lol
     
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    Roll the back windows down when you go bye.. My trailer had a bad wire once that was popping the fuse for trailer running lights one night. I dropped the rear windows & hid out in the center lane.

    Fyi FL weigh & AG stations are open pretty much 24/7..
     
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    DON'T MAKE EYE CONTACT !
     
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    So I picked up my trailer friday afternoon and headed out to Miami. Went through all weigh stations and ag stations and was just green light all the time. No numbers on the truck.

    My truck turned into a gas hog with the empty trailer at 70 mph it was barely giving me 11 mpg. Scaled at 19,800 full of gas and def.

    I am having a slight issue with the truck in tow/haul mode. Even a light touch on the brakes and the tranny downshifts 2 gears and pins the rpm just below the redline at any speed. I have read other 2019 Aisins have the same issue. Is this something the dealerships can take care of or should I find an Aisin wizard to fix the programing? Any recommendations?
     
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    It's doing that because it's trying to engine brake. If you are running with an empty trailer, just leave it in normal. Once you start pulling loads, use tow haul. That's my 2 cents
     
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    I understand it's trying to engine break, but why so violently? Why not 1 gear at a time? Why drop 2 gears and pin the rpm gauge?
    I'll try to tow it with two/haul off next time and see how it handles.