Weigh Stations

[ben45750]

and ALL within 150 miles!!! So no, there was no need for a log. But I do appreciate the help so thanks!

I drive local hauling pulling a tanker. My longest run is about 120 miles from my home terminal and I have to keep a log.

FYI, you are supposed to log if you run over 100 air miles from your home terminal, or run over 12 hours

Above is the reason why I have to keep a log.

I don't buy this guy's :dung: . Even as a bulk driver for Coke he would have to pull into weigh stations. Anyone who has had a CDL for ANY period of time knows you have to pull into the weigh station and have to have a log book. Common sense here. This guy's a troll.

Ditto, copy that driver.

[PackRatTDI]

Unless you have an EZ Pass transponder that lets you pass an open station, then you have to stop. Of course only if its open.
You should read the signs about 1 mi ahead that tell you if its open or closed.
Hahahahah will turn to boohoohoo if you get caught passing an open station

Some of the older scales in NM don't have an Open or Closed sign.They flip the sign backward when closed and upright when Open.

True, but you have a good distance of warning before the station itself.
Whether the sign is manual or automatic.

It's pretty much a given that all the major NM Weigh stations (on major highways entering the state) will be open 24/7.

I was referring to scales that are on U.S. highways,such as the obscure ones on hwy. 54 and hwy 70 going east outside of Alamogordo to name a few.

The one in Vaughn, NM is hardly ever open because nobody wants to spend any time in Vaughn. That city is a ****hole. I once got stuck there in my pickup during a winter road shutdown and a hotel owner wanted me to pay full price for a room with no working heater.

[silvan]

Oh an alley dock............
thats really tough

Huh? I used to have to blindside into this weird angled dock in an alley in York, PA where the edge of my 45' trailer was about 1/4" away from the back of some lady's house, and if I shied too far away from the house, I'd miss the little depression, and my trailer wouldn't fit under the roof. It was a real bitch.

I loved the time the little fourwheeler with the big decal that said "PORN STAR" came right up to my front bumper and started blowing her horn for me to move.

"Where the hell am I supposed to move to, you stupid @#%@#%? The only way I can go is through your stupid @#%@## you stupid @#%#@%ing #%@#%#@."

(I used to talk nasty when I ran up north. The atmosphere up there rubbed off on me. All that rudeness exuding from every pore in the roadway. I'm glad I stay in the south now.)

[boneebone]

greg3564 wrote:
I don't buy this guy's . Even as a bulk driver for Coke he would have to pull into weigh stations. Anyone who has had a CDL for ANY period of time knows you have to pull into the weigh station and have to have a log book. Common sense here. This guy's a troll.

Get your facts straight, if you drive local you are not required to have a log book when you pull into a weigh station.

Drove local in Southern California for many years and was pulled into scales, never asked for a logbook.

[PackRatTDI]

greg3564 wrote:
I don't buy this guy's . Even as a bulk driver for Coke he would have to pull into weigh stations. Anyone who has had a CDL for ANY period of time knows you have to pull into the weigh station and have to have a log book. Common sense here. This guy's a troll.

Get your facts straight, if you drive local you are not required to have a log book when you pull into a weigh station.

Drove local in Southern California for many years and was pulled into scales, never asked for a logbook.

None of the drivers for the Pepsi outfit I worked for carried a logbook because we never operated outside of the 250 air mile radius of our warehouse, though the truck that went to Reserve, NM which is northwest of Silver City, NM on US180 probably came close.

I was even DOT'ed and the officers didn't ask to see any logbooks because they knew I was a "local".

[Rockee]

we never operated outside of the 250 air mile radius of our warehouse

Just curious, where did you come up with the 250 number?

[greg3564]

greg3564 wrote:
I don't buy this guy's . Even as a bulk driver for Coke he would have to pull into weigh stations. Anyone who has had a CDL for ANY period of time knows you have to pull into the weigh station and have to have a log book. Common sense here. This guy's a troll.

Get your facts straight, if you drive local you are not required to have a log book when you pull into a weigh station.

Drove local in Southern California for many years and was pulled into scales, never asked for a logbook.

The problem is this guy was two threads going here.

1. He got caught OTR with no log, because "his boss told him" to drive anyway. Again, the poster knew he needed a log, otherwise, why would he have asked for one?

2. Weigh stations. Total no brainer. I knew you stopped at all weigh stations when I was a kid in the family wagon. Big yellow signs that say "All Trucks Must Enter." It really isn't rocket science. And to be a truck driver and still not get it, you must be as sharp as a bowling ball.

[Double R]

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[PackRatTDI]

we never operated outside of the 250 air mile radius of our warehouse

Just curious, where did you come up with the 250 number?

The farthest towns we served were within 250 miles of our terminal. AFAIK, none of our drivers carried logbooks. Maybe the out of town bulk drivers did, I dunno. I didn't and was never asked for one. :?

[unkut2003]

The problem is this guy was two threads going here.

1. He got caught OTR with no log, because "his boss told him" to drive anyway. Again, the poster knew he needed a log, otherwise, why would he have asked for one?

I don't understand why your speaking about me like I'm not around, lmfao!!! But anyways, I'm not an OTR driver!!!!!!! I'm a "short-haul", or anything I can get done in my 14hrs. driver! And yes, I asked for the log because it said the company would supply me with so on and so forth in my "new hire" paperwork. Had I of know that it was a SERIOUS D.O.T. violation, NEVER would I have left the plant. Goes to show you where "trust & respect" for people (namely my new boss) gets you in todays world!!!

2. Weigh stations. Total no brainer. I knew you stopped at all weigh stations when I was a kid in the family wagon. Big yellow signs that say "All Trucks Must Enter." It really isn't rocket science. And to be a truck driver and still not get it, you must be as sharp as a bowling ball.

Actually I've got a college degree with a 3.67 G.P.A. :wink: The reason I choose my prefession is becasue I love driving, the money is great for what I do, and my kids love braggin about daddy's "Big Truck", lol! See, I've always seen weigh stations, but never once thought about there position. I've always seen scales at the truckstops too, but never thought once about it. I honestly assumed that the scales were there for drivers to be sure they weren't overweight. So that in the case of a D.O.T. stop, they could provide proof of their shipment/weight???

Fact is, even though I took a bashing from my "coworkers", lol, I still learned a lot in this thread! I guess thats what matters.....

[boneebone]

The problem is this guy was two threads going here.

1. He got caught OTR with no log, because "his boss told him" to drive anyway. Again, the poster knew he needed a log, otherwise, why would he have asked for one?

I don't understand why your speaking about me like I'm not around, lmfao!!! But anyways, I'm not an OTR driver!!!!!!! I'm a "short-haul", or anything I can get done in my 14hrs. driver! And yes, I asked for the log because it said the company would supply me with so on and so forth in my "new hire" paperwork. Had I of know that it was a SERIOUS D.O.T. violation, NEVER would I have left the plant. Goes to show you where "trust & respect" for people (namely my new boss) gets you in todays world!!!

2. Weigh stations. Total no brainer. I knew you stopped at all weigh stations when I was a kid in the family wagon. Big yellow signs that say "All Trucks Must Enter." It really isn't rocket science. And to be a truck driver and still not get it, you must be as sharp as a bowling ball.

Actually I've got a college degree with a 3.67 G.P.A. :wink: The reason I choose my prefession is becasue I love driving, the money is great for what I do, and my kids love braggin about daddy's "Big Truck", lol! See, I've always seen weigh stations, but never once thought about there position. I've always seen scales at the truckstops too, but never thought once about it. I honestly assumed that the scales were there for drivers to be sure they weren't overweight. So that in the case of a D.O.T. stop, they could provide proof of their shipment/weight???

Fact is, even though I took a bashing from my "coworkers", lol, I still learned a lot in this thread! I guess thats what matters.....

I never wrote those quotes, I only wrote about driving local in So Cal and I didn't need a logbook.


Don't bash on me for something I didn't write.

[unkut2003]

The problem is this guy was two threads going here.

1. He got caught OTR with no log, because "his boss told him" to drive anyway. Again, the poster knew he needed a log, otherwise, why would he have asked for one?

I don't understand why your speaking about me like I'm not around, lmfao!!! But anyways, I'm not an OTR driver!!!!!!! I'm a "short-haul", or anything I can get done in my 14hrs. driver! And yes, I asked for the log because it said the company would supply me with so on and so forth in my "new hire" paperwork. Had I of know that it was a SERIOUS D.O.T. violation, NEVER would I have left the plant. Goes to show you where "trust & respect" for people (namely my new boss) gets you in todays world!!!

2. Weigh stations. Total no brainer. I knew you stopped at all weigh stations when I was a kid in the family wagon. Big yellow signs that say "All Trucks Must Enter." It really isn't rocket science. And to be a truck driver and still not get it, you must be as sharp as a bowling ball.

Actually I've got a college degree with a 3.67 G.P.A. :wink: The reason I choose my prefession is becasue I love driving, the money is great for what I do, and my kids love braggin about daddy's "Big Truck", lol! See, I've always seen weigh stations, but never once thought about there position. I've always seen scales at the truckstops too, but never thought once about it. I honestly assumed that the scales were there for drivers to be sure they weren't overweight. So that in the case of a D.O.T. stop, they could provide proof of their shipment/weight???

Fact is, even though I took a bashing from my "coworkers", lol, I still learned a lot in this thread! I guess thats what matters.....

I never wrote those quotes, I only wrote about driving local in So Cal and I didn't need a logbook.


Don't bash on me for something I didn't write.

How in the **** did that happen, hahaha??? My fault..... HAHAHA!

[ben45750]

I think he's taken enough crap.


CAD Lesson number 1, don't always post your mistakes

[Skywalker]

Well now, boys, don't mislead him!
He wants to know what happens if he's pulled in.
First thing, you have drop your trousers, they'll want to know that you have both of your nuts. That is called a Level 3 inspection.
For a Level 1 you will have to bend over. :?

You are "one sick puppy"....but funny as hell!!!

[Mr. Ford95]

Actually I've got a college degree with a 3.67 G.P.A. The reason I choose my prefession

Well I hope you use that college degree to wipe your arse, it's PROFESSION with an "O" brainiac. In today's world only street smarts seem to work, not book smarts. I've got a co-worker just like you, has book smarts but no idea how the real world works with street smarts. He wanted to know why a cop was stopping me when I was sitting at a stoplight, had no idea what DOT was or why they were "hasseling" me. I say this with 2 years of college at George Mason U before dropping out to make a living. My degree was going to be worthless anyways.

[Skywalker]

I had something like that happen..... I was stopped at a red light on the loop around Lexington, KY a couple of years ago...when all of the sudden a cop I hadn't real noticed flipped on his "discos" and motioned for me to pull over on the shoulder..... my wife was with me...and you should have seen the look on her face. All she could say was "I know you weren't speeding"!! I thought maybe it was a random license check.....wrong!!

The Lexington, KY PD has a crew of Officers that are CVSA Certified and they were doing Level 1's. I got mine....and let me tell you...their examination of my log book took longer than all the rest of the inspection. But I got my stickers and they were very polite and professional. Even "thanked me" for my time. I didn't get the vinyl "out" till I was back on I-75....... :shock: 8)

[rustylugzz]

Oh please lord, tell me their not putting CDL's in crackerjack boxes. He's either a troll or a swifty, not sure which. :!:

HEY WATCH THAT SWIFTY S&%T NOT ALL ARE BAD HAD TO START SOMEWHERE YAKNOW TEAM DRIVER WITH SPOUSE WHO HAS 4 YRS OTR