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Originally Posted by strawberryrhubarbpie
when you pick up a load, how do you know it's not going to be over weight? And if you happen to get caught with an over weight load, who pays the fine?
You get the paperwork called Bill of Lading which tells you what you will be picking up, and all necessary information. (like weight, palletized, counts, destination, etc.)
Lots of times you may haul for the same company, and the loads are consistent, as well as you know your load positioning.
When I hauled frozen fruit, lots of times, I had the same weights on pallets, and shrinkrapped. I'd load doubles, single, then doubles alternating load to the left, then to the right, to lock in the skids against side shifting...two load locks on the tail pallets. Weight would be approx. 38,000# and would allow me to set my bridge axle lengths.
Even though I might always know the axle placement I needed, or had no doubt my weights were correct, I always... always scaled the load. Some places I picked up had scales, other times I had to go to the nearest scale in the area. Either way...for the small scale fee, it's worth it if you are going to be crossing lots of POE.