Rookies, What Would You Do?

Roll with it and bypass scales. You could try redistributing the load by hard braking to see if it would slide forward. If not, lowering the 5 wheel by disabling air-ride suspension may work.

Hmmm Ok time to chime in and take stab at this tricky 1......First, where load was picked up from, was not mentioned. And there's a lot of miles between those 2 states. I'd guess you'd burn off enough fuel, prior to reaching either 1?

OK.....I would have to say run with it, 40lbs is nothing, but it is too much. Notify your dispatcher of the situation, see if its possible to contact shipper and get authorization to remove seal & shift load......If not ask if you could modify route to avoid scales.......or if you do get scaled, DOT can break the seal to allow inspection, then shift load, they would have to re-seal trailer and provide documents as such.

2nd option, call your dispatch & safety department......let them know there will be a "hard braking" event!!

I am liking this. Yes this should be a regular feature.

Seems everyone likes this idea and I do too!

This one shows there are a lot of people who better do the Truck Weight & Balance section in our High Road Training Program. People have mentioned sliding the 5th wheel, burning off fuel, the Bridge Law, redistributing cargo, and several other topics which are all covered in that section. So if you skip it you'll get out on the road and be stuck in situations like this all the time without really knowing your options.

*feels the pressure to follow through with a good answer*

Anyone else? Doesn't matter if it's been said already. We want to hear YOUR voice on this.

Driver, what would you do!?

This thing is bugging me! But I remember in a class a couple days back they were discussing the kingpin restrictions in different states. California has its own specialized measurement, no more than 43 feet in several states etc.

Then a light bulb came on over my head.....a flashback.....instructor could never remember a time his kingpin had been measured

So I am changing to going with the 13th hole, weight would be good, and slim chance of being noticed.....??????

*feels the pressure to follow through with a good answer*

Anyone else? Doesn't matter if it's been said already. We want to hear YOUR voice on this.

Driver, what would you do!?

Too much stress.....abandon your truck and go fishing!!!

I would say move the 5th wheel back if your truck had that option if it does not call your DM and make it his problem. I would not run illegal.

My vote is to run it in the 13th hole and not worry till i saw dot with a tape in his/ her hand. Then play stupid and apologize. Honest mistakes bigger than missing 1 hole happen everyday. I sure hope this is a right answer cause I just did it from Fl to Tn. And yes I cleared 4 scales that were open. 2 bypassed with prepass, 1 over the scale, and 1 bypassed inside the scale house. Maybe I just got lucky

First, if I'm working for a company, I'm going to follow their policy. However, if I were the owner/operator, I'd check my route and get on the radio. What scales are open and when? 40 pounds isn't going to stop me from getting paid for that load.