Currently Overweight At WS
Topic 28829 | Page 2
So, you're below on drives and tandems. I would still weigh at the first available CAT Scale.
I wasn't sure what my weights were before passing the weigh station, shipper didn't have a scale onsite. I had an idea of what it'd be due to the gauge in my truck. Basically would you drive 30 miles the opposite direction to hit a cat scale or would you slide tandems where you believe they need to be and cat scale at the closest scale which is a couple miles past the weigh station.
I would slide the tandems, then weigh at the closest scale. If I pass by a state scale, so be it. I'm not backtracking 30 miles.
So far. I've only had a handful of loads that were loaded completely incorrectly, or were over weight completely.
I travel a lot at night, so most scales I see are normally closed, though.
Driver discretion and totaling the driver's risk, not the company's. After the BOL is signed by the driver, it's all his responsibility.
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.
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".
CAT Scale:
A network of over 1,500 certified truck scales across the U.S. and Canada found primarily at truck stops. CAT scales are by far the most trustworthy scales out there.
In fact, CAT Scale offers an unconditional Guarantee:
“If you get an overweight fine from the state after our scale showed your legal, we will immediately check our scale. If our scale is wrong, we will reimburse you for the fine. If our scale is correct, a representative of CAT Scale Company will appear in court with the driver as a witness”
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Been a long time since I scaled a load. XPO has been known to overload trailers.
We set tandems 41ft ,watching air gauge on dash. Has been pretty accurate for us, with anything under 60 psi. This XPO loads 34k , dash gauge @ 43 psi. Every weigh station so far, showed us balanced n legal.
And thanks to what I have learnt here on T.T. bout slide pin spacings has served me well. Proved that to my last idiot know it all co driver. Calc'd spacing by holes (6in spread)split em then scaled to prove my point n shut his a$$ UP!! Lol
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".