Ignoramus5080 wrote:
On 2012-09-25, dpb wrote:
On 9/25/2012 12:30 PM, Ignoramus5080 wrote:
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Everything went fine, no fishtail
But was the rear axle under the load limit if you'd gone across a scale?

I did some math in my head, and I believe that it was under the limit,
yes.

It'll take all your profit for the whole load likely if not...just a
cautionary note as it surely looks iffy in the pitchur...

Don't know IL and I'll presume you didn't take that as a long haul but
TX gets you for the county in which you're stopped and then they
backtrack and add it up for every county thru which you've passed...

So, say, my rear axle would weigh 40,000 lbs at a scale, as an
example. If so, how much the fine would be in the area that you are
familiar with?

I believe that the rear axle was 8k from the trailer, plus 15k from
the shear, plus 8 or so K from the other stuff.

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The last fine I paid for being heavy was in VA with a straight job that
was 3,200 over on the rear. There was a total of three different fines,
The Federal DOT combed the books and wanted $145.00 for a minor log
problem (forgot to change the status when I finally left the dock at
04:30) The state hit me with a $175.00 fine for the weight. (seems like
it was .055 cents a pound or something like that) plus court costs and
surcharge, Total was something like $288.00. So for the OOPS, I got to
pay about $450.00.

If you want to be VERY sure get a set of portable scales OR do like one
of the guys I ran with did. He had an outfit work over his rig and
trailer so he could tell you within 1-2 pounds just how it was loaded
right from the cab! Slick set-up and I don't think it cost all that much.


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Steve W.