What Would You Do
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I would have it taken back to the shipper and have half the load put back onto another truck. That way both vehicles are legal.
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
I relayed a load like that last night. I wasn't the driver who loaded it. Hate it when people don't do their jobs right. Anyway I was overweight on my tandems and slid them back as far as I was willing without being too obvious and ran it late last night when to knew the scales would be closed.
Risky, yep. In the end it's on you to make that choice and will be your responsibility, should you get stopped. Your company will never tell you to run an illegal load.
Tandems:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
Tandem:
Tandem Axles
A set of axles spaced close together, legally defined as more than 40 and less than 96 inches apart by the USDOT. Drivers tend to refer to the tandem axles on their trailer as just "tandems". You might hear a driver say, "I'm 400 pounds overweight on my tandems", referring to his trailer tandems, not his tractor tandems. Tractor tandems are generally just referred to as "drives" which is short for "drive axles".
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Check your Trucker Path app for scales. A lot of places have scales off the highway - to catch folks that try and bypass the interstate ones.
Plan a route around the scales and roll the dice.
OTOH - is your RECEIVER OPEN? Out there in GODs country - EVERYONE might be closed for Good Friday.
Rick
Interstate:
Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).