I scale when the DOT man makes me. No sense in wasting money. Only time I'm legal is when I'm empty lol
When do you scale?
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by lovesthedrive, Sep 11, 2009.
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30,000+ is the only time I scale.
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Most of the places where I load, we are required to scale, both empty and loaded. A few places only require an empty weight once a day or once a month. This of course can vary due to the amount of fuel at the time we load. We are required to scale out, just a gross weight, they don't do axle. I think this is due to them being hammered for allowing over-weight trucks to leave. If we are over-weight they will not allow us to leave, ie; give us a BOL.
Lyons Salt even pays attention to your destination. For example in Kansas we're allowed to gross 85.5k, but if I'm to deliver to MO, then they refuse to load me greater than 80k. Our trucks are actually permitted to 90k too. -
Im about to go out for my first time OTR should l scale out. Every load. To feel at ease ?
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That's usually. Depends what and how it's loaded as well. -
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