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Originally Posted by baileydale
steer ---------10920
with my drive 460# over and my steers 9000 light
I guess the VA scale house was still having their coffee because I got that lovely green light anyway :-)
Thanks a lot,
David
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Most of the time if you are that little over on one axle or axle set, they just let you through...but you should never count on it...you might just get a guy who is having a bad day and feels like taking it out on you. Watch your gross though, some let you slide but not many!!
I agree with the others...don't mess with the 5th...slide your trailer tandems up a couple holes. reweigh then do it more if you need to.
You should never be in the situation of wondering if the scale house will pinch you or not though. Back in the old days a lot of us an heavy (as in waaaayyyyy too heavy)....dodged the scales or even ran them...but most of us have wised up. The only way to fly is to run legal...run safe. Know your weight before you even get near to a scale house. Insist on accurate weights on your bills (but never trust them 100%), weight at the shipper if they have scales, have on board weighing instrumentation that you keep well claibrated and check at a CAT scale(or similar place) if there is any doubt. If you get caught overweight these days, depending on how much you are over its going to cost you...perhaps big $$$ and may eve get you an OOS order. Then, if you can't get legal by moving your tandems or your 5th you have to get in the box and move freight around...not easy if its big rocks like you have, or it is palletized or a big hunk of equipment on a flat. Then you have to pay to have equipment come out to you to move stuff around....VERY expensive. And do not even THINK about moving until you weigh legal..if you violate an OOS order things get VERY nasty!
As for trying to shift more weight to your steers..that is not necessarily what you want anyway. True, you need a % of weight there to maintain steering effectiveness god weather and especially bad, but don't get too caught up in thinking about that.
Unless you are packing a pretty big axle up front you are only 1080 light on your steers anyway...not 9000 as you indicated. Most trucks have a 12K front, maybe a 14 or even 16, 18 but rarely a 20. You should be aware of what your truck/trailer has and never exceed it. For safety as well as legality.