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Originally Posted by headborg
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Originally Posted by jedfxg
this just popped in my head, why not knock some ice and snow off the trailer...and on top. and then maybe not fill your tanks all the way. maybe you could stay on the interstates and make some ground.
how about I find a truck wash today( Sunday ) and wash/ melt all of it off- I ran 65mph last night and looks like I blew a large portion of it off the top-
I get as far as I can today( sunday- Scales closed until Virginia) Scale er out again- see just how much weigh came off----- then run the scenic route if needed......3000lbs of snow???? doubtful.
Actually..yeah..you could have that much. 3 weeks ago I loaded at a chem plant in the Danbury CT area. I parked close to the plant the night before...during which there was 8" of snow, then several hours of freezing rain. Empty weight of my truck(fueled) & the style of tank wagon I had hooked up, usually weigh 33,640. When I scaled at 5 am the unit weighed 37,890..and got heavier during the wait at the gate.
The plant backed me into a warehouse and cranked up the heat to thaw the ice and snow off. At re-weigh MT, I was 33,780.