Hey man, as a rookie on my own during DOT blitz week I SO appreciate this! They didn't teach me much about weigh stations in school and in a month of on-the-road training, I only rolled slowly over one scale with my trainer. Thank you so much for this video. I subbed. God bless you, sir, and safe travels!
I drive a straight truck tandem axle as a route driver for a company in Waukesha Wisconsin went through my first scale in Janesville Wisconsin yesterday after only 14 months of being a CDL driver. And you’re right I was somewhat nervous and concerned LOL.
coups all so keep a record of your co. and there volitions and use that too decide how often to pull one of your co. trucks over for inspection. was told this by Utah DOT Inspector.
Hey good morning... just wanted to say THANK YOU for your time in answering the questions for me. Have a safe day out there on the road and I surely look forward to seeing more videos from you... William....
My home state Alabama has only 1 scale house on westbound i20 Georgia state line but other locations on i85 and i65 are also scales that are in working conditions but no scale house to drive to because these locations in Alabama are all electronic built into the interstate pavement with several cameras taking pictures as you run across these. Treat these as real weight stations because they are watching and will send a state trooper to you or by mail. These are the new way to check truck axle ground pressure (or axle weight), Checks tires and breaks, maybe seatbelts also ( not sure on seatbelts). Good luck out there neighbors and Happy Trails.
Louisiana scales were backwards from everyone else the last time I was through. If the lights are blinking scales are closed but if they are off scales are open and you must enter
I was given a Poland Spring water load. The load was 46540 LB. Only 1/2 of my fuel tank was full at the time. This was a 469 loaded miles delivery with several weight station on the route. The Circle K, Auburn, ME Catscale weight report of this load was; Steer Axle: 12000 Drive Axel: 34040 Trailer Axle: 34100 Total Weight: 80140 When I drived back to the shipper to have the load redistributed they rejected stating my company had allowed them to load up to 47000 LB. My DM stated that the overweight was fine, I could drive. When I reached Pilot in Milford, CT which is about 260 miles away from Poland Spring, the weight was 34140 on drive axle as you can see. Looks like the load had shifted on the road hence drive axle was 34140 after about 260 miles of driving. Only 1/4 of the fuel tank was full when I weighed it. I moved the tandems forward and backward but the excessive weight switched on axles. I pumped 10 gallons of fuel later to minimize the over weight. Today, I talked to Maine State Police Traffic Division Inspection Unit. They said technically 120 LB is overweight, it is illegal but there is a %1 tendency which means they tend to tolerate %1 overweight of load. It is similiar to traffic speed limits. Drivers may drive about 2 or 3 miles over the established speed limits in traffic and officers will in general tend to tolerate it. This is not certain but it is a tendency. When I asked about the practise in other states he declined to answer that. So, this is basicly a grey zone. My company allowed Poland Spring to load up to 47000 LB. Only half of my fuel tank was full, the load was 46560 LB and after about 260 miles of driving when 1/4 fuel tank was full the drive axle over weighed 34140 LB. If the load was 46860 LB the excessive weight on the drive axle would be around 34440 LB. If my fuel tank was full the excessive weight would be around 34800 LB. What would be weight station officers' reaction to 34800 LB on drive axle? Can you give a definitive answer to these questions?
I go around open weigh stations. I still use my CB radio. I don't ever weigh. It's pretty cool. The DOT people look for sagging springs. As far as point of entry, the cops are cool. Thanks for the video. I thought it was interesting video. Hope ya make a lot of money. I got 2 tips for new drivers. Don't try to pass me by hanging out in the left lane forever and stay awake. Teagards...
If i drove for a large company i wouldnt worry either. loads always are weighed and legal. if you get inspected and get a corrupt officer NO big deal call your company and tell them. i drive for a small local company and we dont have nice new trucks, i avoid scales like the plague. if i fail an inspection i have to call my boss and even though its not my fault you think hes gonna be happy with me?
Do hotshot drivers have to go through weigh stations? The drivers that have the pickup truck with 40 ft trailer. I see them just going by the weigh station and not going in
Hey boss man loved your video. But need to know what documents do I need to hv when I go threw a weight station. I'm just getting into the hotshot business sir. Plz get back to me plz
I got a question am getting into the towing business. Would a tow truck need to go trough a weight station. Just for reference the truck we are purchasing is a 2019 Hino with hydraulic brakes and GVWR 25500. It is a car carrier one on the bed and one on the boom.
All commercial vehicles weighing 10k pounds or more must enter, any civilian vehicle must enter only if the vehicle {including any vehicle in tow) has a gross weight of 26k pounds or more.
Some stations make you stop, then some stations tell you to drive slowly on the scale. You have to red really fast. I stopped at one and got reamed out and he said move now . I was very tired and ready to go to the truck stop to get some sleep. He could have been more friendly. This I just one of the reasons I quit driving truck.
I, myself, was told to go through a weigh station, there were signs that lit up saying that I had to exit, and I was driving a Silverado with a small camper trailer. I didn't even know I would need to go on the weigh station.
What if a new driver reports to his company that the truck is 72000 instead of being the appropriate weight. It happened every time he had a load plus they shortened his training saying that one of the containers hit a pole worth over 7200 dollars but the picture does not show the plate. I told him it sounds like he was set up. Shortening his training and letting him go 8 weeks before prior to avoid paying him training pay and he was not being paid more. He started asking about why after 4 weeks they put him on the road by himself about raise, about insurance, promise to pay a bonus of 300. After 90 days I believe he was also promised a 3000$ check. Always waiting it seemed on purpose to go get one of the containers and when he showed up, it was not there. He would get to the office and it would be closed being told that they don't close early on Fridays. Always on time way before time. He wouldn't be notified that a container that was supposed to be there was 4 to 5 hrs away and just send him here and there. When they asked if he hit a pole he said I would have felt it but I told him that he should not have said well it could have been but I don't think so because I would have felt it and then he was worried about points losing cdl. I said I don't think a picture existed. That day you had 2 tires flat right before you got there because of a wide turn when approaching an accident and ran over a stop sign. You never goo
They told him he was not going to get any points against him however the insurance company was going to pay 75,000 in damages. I told him that the accident probably never happened and there are no picture but they hit his head light on his car. Told him to fix it himself and give them the receipt. No, they needed to send him to a mechanic. They hit it!
If YOU are doing YOUR JOB pretrip post trip have weight checked bridge law for state quick inspection at fuel stops or any type of a break on or off duty you will be left alone. Dot is there because some drivers DON'T do their job. So if your lazy dot will catch you at some point.
DOT exists as a revenue generator for the state. DOT has a vested interest in issuing citations because it pads their numbers. Just like Highway Patrol. They are there to extort money from taxpayers. Never trust someone who has an incentive to lie.
Hello great information thank you for your prompt response.. What got you intrested in becoming a professional driver and if I can ask what type of work were you doing before and how many years were you working there.
+William England I had a night job for a small company who hauled and raised genetically modified chicken eggs which is where i got my cdl permit and became interested in trucking. One thing led to another and i ended up choosing crst to further my career.
I have a question 1) what if my exist is before the weight stations?? N if i dont see no signs about weight stations or all cdl trucks must exit im all good???
I got a question for you about CRST. My Fiancee and I are thinking about getting our CDLs through CRST and we were wondering if they train teams or would they split us up during the training phase? if you cold answer this, it would be of great help! Thanks for posting all your videos, they are very informative! Run hard brother!
I cant speak for CRST but most companies will have each driver go out with a Driver Trainer for 6 weeks or so, before you get your own truck. I'm sure that if you let them know you are going to be a Team, they will bring you both in at the same time to get your truck.
Your first video was of a Boarder Patrol Check Point, not a Point of Entry. A Point of Entry can either be a Weigh Station or a Rest Area. They will tell you if you need to stop if it's a Weigh Station.
+William England if you have the funds then paying upfront is always the better option, but for those with limited resources company funded training is better.
Apparently I have to stop at weigh stations in PA and VA with my uhaul on my move to south carolina from NY. Do they check ID and all that at every weigh station?
what up im at the CRST training center here in iowa...how are you....I been here since oct 17th....no internet as you know...I now have to do pti backing and road test...please pray for me thanks peace...corey baker
For civilian vehicles, you have to enter if your vehicle (including trailer) weighs 26k pounds or more. If your under 26k you don't have to enter.. However, if you are pulling commercially, all commercial vehicles that are 10k pounds or more must enter.
Lol one of my first run ins was in fact at a station there were three of us running straight truck clocked at seventy five they told us all to pull over. They collected each of our DL and papers I told CHP which is true that I have family in law inforcment and they saif I should mention it.... not to expect it to make a difference and I talk CHP I don't but I prey it does. Few minutes later he walks out and hands me my papers and says I didn't see you speeding have a nice night. Lol the stink eye I got from the other drivers was pretty funny. I have driven just about all sort of trucks and talked my way out of every stop but two. Bottum dump trucks collect tickets like hookers collect herpies. Moral when stoped run with hte attitude of the chp if he's easy going say sorry maybe make light of what happened Yeah I was speeding I thought this was the indy 500 and I had to catch up! Now if he's pissed time to kiss a little ass and for those of you who say I'm never gonna be nice to chp don't worry they got a ticket for that. Save yourself a few hundred bucks toss out a little respect it goes a long way. Drive safe.
Once you go through one station, do you need to go through it again when you come across another one, or is there a certain amount of miles where you don't need to? When do you know when you would need to go through one again?
+gabe200303 Front axle (steers) 12000 Axle 2,3 (drives) 34000 Axle 4,5 (trailer Tandems) 34000 Axle 4,5 (trailer spread axle) 20000, per axle for 40000 total in ca you're only allowed 19,500 per axle
Ok so first of all thank you for all the helpful videos! but what i don't understand is how do you know if you have to go into the weight station? because when you were pulling into it other trucks were passing by it . Sorry if i just didn't catch it in the video ;)
First scale house is in Lordsburg N.M. yea you haven't been to Washington just east of Seattle them DOT officers play dirty with that scale house at exit 25. They will close it then stop and ticket everyone that doesn't stop for running it all wile telling yea we know the red LED sign says closed.
That scale house in Lordsburg Ñ.M. used to be so hardball and dirty a driver ran it clean over with his truck and demolished the whole building. They kinda cooled there game since then.
I dont have a problem with Weigh Stations but they still need to make revenue and write tickets. Ive been a truck driver over 4 years and have never had an inspection. Ive only worked and as now of work for small carriers. If you work for a Megacarrier your likely to have newer trucks. Every day I pretrip and post trip the heck out of my truck since its older.
+Keith most of the time the 6 months experience has to be with crst.. if you have been with crst 6 months you simply tell your driver manager you would like to go dedicated and they will forward that to a dedicated driver manager and set you up.
And i will tell you that your videos have really been inspiring and truly appreciated and i just want to let you know that when I get there I'll use you as a reference thank you man
+Michael Nation hey man thanks for watching I'll be posting pre trip videos and a few other videos soon for you guys to use as a study guide subscribe to my channel to get alerts when they are up..as far as advice. Id say do not follow the crowd and go to the game room or hang out and bull shit all night after classes.i seen a lot of people fail by doing this instead of studying. When I was in school I created a study group and after classes we would elect one person to ask questions and the others would answer and discuss these answers we did this repeatedly every night for the permit test. And it worked my entire group passed. so we did the same with the pre trip test. Any one who goofed off or didn't take it serious was asked to leave the group. Think of being at school as one big job interview. Act professional. If you have any trouble once you get to school feel free to let me know exactly what you need help with and I'll make a detailed video explaining anything you or anyone else needs.
Hey man I just wanted to say thank you agian but it don't look like I'm going to be able to go to school for crst at least for now I was told from dmv that I was good on my old speeding tickets that I gotten almost 2 years ago they reassured me that i was going less than 15 over the speed limit but when crst checked they said I was going over 15 mph so I guess I have to wait for a year and a half to go but I'm not going to let this stop me it might slow me down but I'm going to keep on going . But I just wanted to say thank man and hope one day to see you on the road be safe out there trucking runs in my family so I know how bad it can get but thanks agian
+William England hello thanks for joining. The income during the 28 day with a lead driver sucks honestly. After that 28 days though the pay gets better. During your first 3 months after finishing the 28 days you will make a paycheck similar to as if working a normal 9 to 5 job. At 3 months you get a raise and pay gets allot better and you also start getting more miles which also means more money from 3 to 6 months you make enough to consider yourself financially stable in my opinion at 6 months you get another raise and here you stay getting probably the biggest checks of your life on a weekly basis.. at 6 months you can expect 700 to 1000 dollars a week depending on how many miles you want to run.. The thing people don't understand is crst pays twice a week once on Tuesday and again on Thursday I'm adding both of those to give you a weekly average. You might make 400 on Tuesday and then 2 days later on Thursday get paid another 500 dollars or maybe 150 dollars on Tuesday and then 700 on the following Thursday. I hope this. answered your question if not feel free to ask anything
Wait you drive a truck and only make 700 - 1000 a week? I don't know if I want to drive trucks if that is it. I'm ding uber part time and make 600 for 25 hours and $800 from my full time job. I thought truckers made 1500 to $2500 a week for long hauls. I read sign that said starting out $90,000 a year for truckers. why are you only making $50,000??? Did I miss something.
+ImSuperiorUrNot that happened almost a year ago . Actually I have it away before I got 100 subs the video was on my channel but i removed it and several others that were not gaining any views it only had from what i remember something like 6 or 7 views. I'm still clashing though i now have 13 accounts I'm building slowly i might start doing some videos on it again and see if it picks up any traction.
Wait this dude said if it is with CRST then its your fault😂😂😂 poor him hes a company man drove with them for my ten months and suffered the entire time ive been layed over for a week with a super heavy load i got from the yard in cedar rapids they gave us a fake ass scale ticket
Drive early in the morning to avoid weigh stations. I hate dealing with law enforcement and government agencies in general.
Same
What about at night?
@An Austrian Painter I’ve driven past Sacramento and some of their stations do close around 10pm which is a huge relief
Drive around weight stations to avoid them
I don't wanna see them no more
Hey man, as a rookie on my own during DOT blitz week I SO appreciate this! They didn't teach me much about weigh stations in school and in a month of on-the-road training, I only rolled slowly over one scale with my trainer. Thank you so much for this video. I subbed. God bless you, sir, and safe travels!
This helped greatly. Thank you for spending the time to make this video.
30mins Into my first drive I got inspected by DOT
Damn how did it go
Yea how did it gooooo
I drive a straight truck tandem axle as a route driver for a company in Waukesha Wisconsin went through my first scale in Janesville Wisconsin yesterday after only 14 months of being a CDL driver. And you’re right I was somewhat nervous and concerned LOL.
Thx for this video bro...I used to be just a lowly road side tire changer. Always heard truckers griping about this...
coups all so keep a record of your co. and there volitions and use that too decide how often to pull one of your co. trucks over for inspection. was told this by Utah DOT Inspector.
You are exactly right.
Hey good morning... just wanted to say THANK YOU for your time in answering the questions for me. Have a safe day out there on the road and I surely look forward to seeing more videos from you... William....
My home state Alabama has only 1 scale house on westbound i20 Georgia state line but other locations on i85 and i65 are also scales that are in working conditions but no scale house to drive to because these locations in Alabama are all electronic built into the interstate pavement with several cameras taking pictures as you run across these. Treat these as real weight stations because they are watching and will send a state trooper to you or by mail. These are the new way to check truck axle ground pressure (or axle weight), Checks tires and breaks, maybe seatbelts also ( not sure on seatbelts). Good luck out there neighbors and Happy Trails.
Alabama also uses mobile scales. Just set them up on the side of the road.
about to start cdl school. your videos are very helpful. thanks. be safe out there.
Louisiana scales were backwards from everyone else the last time I was through. If the lights are blinking scales are closed but if they are off scales are open and you must enter
Thanks, I appreciate your help and info...Good Job!
I was given a Poland Spring water load. The load was 46540 LB. Only 1/2 of my fuel tank was full at the time. This was a 469 loaded miles delivery with several weight station on the route.
The Circle K, Auburn, ME Catscale weight report of this load was;
Steer Axle: 12000
Drive Axel: 34040
Trailer Axle: 34100
Total Weight: 80140
When I drived back to the shipper to have the load redistributed they rejected stating my company had allowed them to load up to 47000 LB. My DM stated that the overweight was fine, I could drive.
When I reached Pilot in Milford, CT which is about 260 miles away from Poland Spring, the weight was 34140 on drive axle as you can see. Looks like the load had shifted on the road hence drive axle was 34140 after about 260 miles of driving.
Only 1/4 of the fuel tank was full when I weighed it. I moved the tandems forward and backward but the excessive weight switched on axles. I pumped 10 gallons of fuel later to minimize the over weight.
Today, I talked to Maine State Police Traffic Division Inspection Unit. They said technically 120 LB is overweight, it is illegal but there is a %1 tendency which means they tend to tolerate %1 overweight of load. It is similiar to traffic speed limits. Drivers may drive about 2 or 3 miles over the established speed limits in traffic and officers will in general tend to tolerate it. This is not certain but it is a tendency. When I asked about the practise in other states he declined to answer that.
So, this is basicly a grey zone.
My company allowed Poland Spring to load up to 47000 LB. Only half of my fuel tank was full, the load was 46560 LB and after about 260 miles of driving when 1/4 fuel tank was full the drive axle over weighed 34140 LB. If the load was 46860 LB the excessive weight on the drive axle would be around 34440 LB. If my fuel tank was full the excessive weight would be around 34800 LB.
What would be weight station officers' reaction to 34800 LB on drive axle?
Can you give a definitive answer to these questions?
Thank you Robert I'm new driver class b you help me alot
I go around open weigh stations. I still use my CB radio. I don't ever weigh. It's pretty cool. The DOT people look for sagging springs. As far as point of entry, the cops are cool. Thanks for the video. I thought it was interesting video. Hope ya make a lot of money. I got 2 tips for new drivers. Don't try to pass me by hanging out in the left lane forever and stay awake. Teagards...
how often can you run solo with Crst I start the school and everything with them soon
If i drove for a large company i wouldnt worry either. loads always are weighed and legal. if you get inspected and get a corrupt officer NO big deal call your company and tell them.
i drive for a small local company and we dont have nice new trucks, i avoid scales like the plague. if i fail an inspection i have to call my boss and even though its not my fault you think hes gonna be happy with me?
Ive never had an inspection and ive never had an officer even look twice and been driving over a year weigh stations and ports of entry are super easy
Do hotshot drivers have to go through weigh stations? The drivers that have the pickup truck with 40 ft trailer. I see them just going by the weigh station and not going in
Anything hauling something for a commercial purpose
Hey boss man loved your video. But need to know what documents do I need to hv when I go threw a weight station. I'm just getting into the hotshot business sir. Plz get back to me plz
I got a question am getting into the towing business. Would a tow truck need to go trough a weight station. Just for reference the truck we are purchasing is a 2019 Hino with hydraulic brakes and GVWR 25500. It is a car carrier one on the bed and one on the boom.
Why don't you call the DOT at the port of entry and ask them
All commercial vehicles weighing 10k pounds or more must enter, any civilian vehicle must enter only if the vehicle {including any vehicle in tow) has a gross weight of 26k pounds or more.
Why do some trucks continue on the freeway without checking in?
Some stations make you stop, then some stations tell you to drive slowly on the scale. You have to red really fast. I stopped at one and got reamed out and he said move now . I was very tired and ready to go to the truck stop to get some sleep. He could have been more friendly. This I just one of the reasons I quit driving truck.
You quit a job because an inspector barked at you? 🙄
@@jamespfitz lol. Right ? Soft af. Smh
What happens if you don’t turn into inspection???
What happens if your signal goes red and u don't pull into a weigh station?... Does patrol send you a ticket by mail?
I, myself, was told to go through a weigh station, there were signs that lit up saying that I had to exit, and I was driving a Silverado with a small camper trailer. I didn't even know I would need to go on the weigh station.
I run a 2005 chrysler 300 and I pull into every weigh station I come across. Those DOT boys love it!!!
@@adamtravismeinhardt lmao
What if a new driver reports to his company that the truck is 72000 instead of being the appropriate weight. It happened every time he had a load plus they shortened his training saying that one of the containers hit a pole worth over 7200 dollars but the picture does not show the plate. I told him it sounds like he was set up. Shortening his training and letting him go 8 weeks before prior to avoid paying him training pay and he was not being paid more. He started asking about why after 4 weeks they put him on the road by himself about raise, about insurance, promise to pay a bonus of 300. After 90 days I believe he was also promised a 3000$ check. Always waiting it seemed on purpose to go get one of the containers and when he showed up, it was not there. He would get to the office and it would be closed being told that they don't close early on Fridays. Always on time way before time. He wouldn't be notified that a container that was supposed to be there was 4 to 5 hrs away and just send him here and there. When they asked if he hit a pole he said I would have felt it but I told him that he should not have said well it could have been but I don't think so because I would have felt it and then he was worried about points losing cdl. I said I don't think a picture existed. That day you had 2 tires flat right before you got there because of a wide turn when approaching an accident and ran over a stop sign. You never goo
They told him he was not going to get any points against him however the insurance company was going to pay 75,000 in damages. I told him that the accident probably never happened and there are no picture but they hit his head light on his car. Told him to fix it himself and give them the receipt. No, they needed to send him to a mechanic. They hit it!
If YOU are doing YOUR JOB pretrip post trip have weight checked bridge law for state quick inspection at fuel stops or any type of a break on or off duty you will be left alone. Dot is there because some drivers DON'T do their job. So if your lazy dot will catch you at some point.
Very true
DOT exists as a revenue generator for the state. DOT has a vested interest in issuing citations because it pads their numbers. Just like Highway Patrol. They are there to extort money from taxpayers. Never trust someone who has an incentive to lie.
Hey chief on a hotshot rig if u are empty do u still have to enter the weight station...thanks 4 your time
Hello great information thank you for your prompt response.. What got you intrested in becoming a professional driver and if I can ask what type of work were you doing before and how many years were you working there.
+William England I had a night job for a small company who hauled and raised genetically modified chicken eggs which is where i got my cdl permit and became interested in trucking. One thing led to another and i ended up choosing crst to further my career.
I have a question 1) what if my exist is before the weight stations?? N if i dont see no signs about weight stations or all cdl trucks must exit im all good???
This was do helpful. Thanks
When I started to drive I passed 3 times open weight station and wasn’t stopped.
I got a question for you about CRST. My Fiancee and I are thinking about getting our CDLs through CRST and we were wondering if they train teams or would they split us up during the training phase? if you cold answer this, it would be of great help! Thanks for posting all your videos, they are very informative! Run hard brother!
I cant speak for CRST but most companies will have each driver go out with a Driver Trainer for 6 weeks or so, before you get your own truck. I'm sure that if you let them know you are going to be a Team, they will bring you both in at the same time to get your truck.
BlueDevil007 6 weeks? Hell it shouldn’t even take you 4 weeks if you run the right way.
They will keep you as a team.
Does CRST have a pre-pass or e z pass in their trucks?..
+Papa Joe no sir. We stop at all stations and tolls ..
Your first video was of a Boarder Patrol Check Point, not a Point of Entry. A Point of Entry can either be a Weigh Station or a Rest Area. They will tell you if you need to stop if it's a Weigh Station.
What about when you pull onto the full scale next to the shack and the light never turns red it just stays green? Do you stop or just roll on?
I thought every truck has a device inside that beeps whether you have to pull over to weight station or not??
Negative. Only those companies who apply for it and have safe safety and compliance records can have them.
I just have another question.. Do you recommend private school for cdl or company sponsored school?
+William England if you have the funds then paying upfront is always the better option, but for those with limited resources company funded training is better.
Private schools the best Shelly's truck driving school in York pa is the very best
Apparently I have to stop at weigh stations in PA and VA with my uhaul on my move to south carolina from NY. Do they check ID and all that at every weigh station?
No, most of the time they just wave you through back to the interstate
Ok thank you
what up im at the CRST training center here in iowa...how are you....I been here since oct 17th....no internet as you know...I now have to do pti backing and road test...please pray for me thanks peace...corey baker
Do you need to go to a weight Saturn if you have a regular truck with a trailer? Or only semis
For civilian vehicles, you have to enter if your vehicle (including trailer) weighs 26k pounds or more. If your under 26k you don't have to enter.. However, if you are pulling commercially, all commercial vehicles that are 10k pounds or more must enter.
Lol one of my first run ins was in fact at a station there were three of us running straight truck clocked at seventy five they told us all to pull over. They collected each of our DL and papers I told CHP which is true that I have family in law inforcment and they saif I should mention it.... not to expect it to make a difference and I talk CHP I don't but I prey it does. Few minutes later he walks out and hands me my papers and says I didn't see you speeding have a nice night. Lol the stink eye I got from the other drivers was pretty funny. I have driven just about all sort of trucks and talked my way out of every stop but two. Bottum dump trucks collect tickets like hookers collect herpies. Moral when stoped run with hte attitude of the chp if he's easy going say sorry maybe make light of what happened Yeah I was speeding I thought this was the indy 500 and I had to catch up! Now if he's pissed time to kiss a little ass and for those of you who say I'm never gonna be nice to chp don't worry they got a ticket for that. Save yourself a few hundred bucks toss out a little respect it goes a long way. Drive safe.
Once you go through one station, do you need to go through it again when you come across another one, or is there a certain amount of miles where you don't need to? When do you know when you would need to go through one again?
Make videos about quilcome pu nb and TR number empty trailer number
Hi CPL, how come the truck 1 car in front of you did not go through the weigh station ? Just wondering ?
Some trucks have pre pass..it gets your weight on the road before the scale
fuck... im an idiot for not looking this up. took my first load today and drove 20 miles out of my way just to avoid a scale
Great videos!
Can anyone tell me what the weight per axle is? I know the total weight can’t be over 80,000 pounds. Any help would be appreciated thanks
+gabe200303 Front axle (steers) 12000
Axle 2,3 (drives) 34000
Axle 4,5 (trailer Tandems) 34000
Axle 4,5 (trailer spread axle) 20000, per axle for 40000 total
in ca you're only allowed 19,500 per axle
Ok so first of all thank you for all the helpful videos! but what i don't understand is how do you know if you have to go into the weight station? because when you were pulling into it other trucks were passing by it . Sorry if i just didn't catch it in the video ;)
Some trucks have an in cab pre pass box. If the box beeps you’re good to go if it doesn’t you have to scale. Not all trucks have them though
Oh ok, thank you ;)
First scale house is in Lordsburg N.M. yea you haven't been to Washington just east of Seattle them DOT officers play dirty with that scale house at exit 25. They will close it then stop and ticket everyone that doesn't stop for running it all wile telling yea we know the red LED sign says closed.
That scale house in Lordsburg Ñ.M. used to be so hardball and dirty a driver ran it clean over with his truck and demolished the whole building. They kinda cooled there game since then.
Hey thanks man much appreciated
I dont have a problem with Weigh Stations but they still need to make revenue and write tickets. Ive been a truck driver over 4 years and have never had an inspection. Ive only worked and as now of work for small carriers. If you work for a Megacarrier your likely to have newer trucks. Every day I pretrip and post trip the heck out of my truck since its older.
Highway patrol and state troopers are the same thing
How do I go about getting a dedicated expedited account with 6mo experience with them I'm from Dallas ?
+Keith most of the time the 6 months experience has to be with crst.. if you have been with crst 6 months you simply tell your driver manager you would like to go dedicated and they will forward that to a dedicated driver manager and set you up.
Yea I will ask and hopefully I can get one. I just want to run one lane
+Keith If you want man I'll give your info to my driver manager he's over all dedicated.. just need your driver id
Hey man I'm headed to crst this week to start school and i was never really good in school so you got any tips or anything that would help me out
And i will tell you that your videos have really been inspiring and truly appreciated and i just want to let you know that when I get there I'll use you as a reference thank you man
+Michael Nation hey man thanks for watching I'll be posting pre trip videos and a few other videos soon for you guys to use as a study guide subscribe to my channel to get alerts when they are up..as far as advice. Id say do not follow the crowd and go to the game room or hang out and bull shit all night after classes.i seen a lot of people fail by doing this instead of studying. When I was in school I created a study group and after classes we would elect one person to ask questions and the others would answer and discuss these answers we did this repeatedly every night for the permit test. And it worked my entire group passed. so we did the same with the pre trip test. Any one who goofed off or didn't take it serious was asked to leave the group. Think of being at school as one big job interview. Act professional. If you have any trouble once you get to school feel free to let me know exactly what you need help with and I'll make a detailed video explaining anything you or anyone else needs.
Sounds good man I do appreciate it again and if I do have any questions or anything I will definitely ask you and I really do want to thank you again
Hey man I just wanted to say thank you agian but it don't look like I'm going to be able to go to school for crst at least for now I was told from dmv that I was good on my old speeding tickets that I gotten almost 2 years ago they reassured me that i was going less than 15 over the speed limit but when crst checked they said I was going over 15 mph so I guess I have to wait for a year and a half to go but I'm not going to let this stop me it might slow me down but I'm going to keep on going . But I just wanted to say thank man and hope one day to see you on the road be safe out there trucking runs in my family so I know how bad it can get but thanks agian
Thanks man 🙏🙏
Hi. new to you channel. now that you out of your training how has your income increased as a new professional driver?
+William England hello thanks for joining. The income during the 28 day with a lead driver sucks honestly. After that 28 days though the pay gets better. During your first 3 months after finishing the 28 days you will make a paycheck similar to as if working a normal 9 to 5 job. At 3 months you get a raise and pay gets allot better and you also start getting more miles which also means more money from 3 to 6 months you make enough to consider yourself financially stable in my opinion at 6 months you get another raise and here you stay getting probably the biggest checks of your life on a weekly basis.. at 6 months you can expect 700 to 1000 dollars a week depending on how many miles you want to run.. The thing people don't understand is crst pays twice a week once on Tuesday and again on Thursday I'm adding both of those to give you a weekly average. You might make 400 on Tuesday and then 2 days later on Thursday get paid another 500 dollars or maybe 150 dollars on Tuesday and then 700 on the following Thursday. I hope this. answered your question if not feel free to ask anything
Wait you drive a truck and only make 700 - 1000 a week? I don't know if I want to drive trucks if that is it. I'm ding uber part time and make 600 for 25 hours and $800 from my full time job. I thought truckers made 1500 to $2500 a week for long hauls. I read sign that said starting out $90,000 a year for truckers. why are you only making $50,000??? Did I miss something.
Those are not weigh stations... those are checkpoints to see if mexicanos are driving legally in the US
Man brotha u let a good cigarette go to waste 😄
Hey man what GPS do you use?
He's using a Garmin' GPS
Ports of Entry are near every STATE border. EVERY state. That's an inspection station. I'm guessing you don't go far?
Nice vid, thank u
What happened to the Clash of Clans account giveaway at 100 subs?
+ImSuperiorUrNot that happened almost a year ago . Actually I have it away before I got 100 subs the video was on my channel but i removed it and several others that were not gaining any views it only had from what i remember something like 6 or 7 views. I'm still clashing though i now have 13 accounts I'm building slowly i might start doing some videos on it again and see if it picks up any traction.
Ok!
You mean the CAT scale?
What's up bro
+Andy Chato sup bro. How's school going $ my next videos will be showing pre trip form a,b,c and coupling
I am getting ready to leave tomorrow l like your vids man keep on with the videos
It's just a job to them it was a way of life for me
Do Box trucks have to stop at weigh stations?
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Dont put your ashes outside!🇾🇪
Hes a grown man. Stfu
Wait this dude said if it is with CRST then its your fault😂😂😂 poor him hes a company man drove with them for my ten months and suffered the entire time ive been layed over for a week with a super heavy load i got from the yard in cedar rapids they gave us a fake ass scale ticket
Can I get your email. I have a question thanks
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#baykon #baykonweighing #baykontruckscale www.baykon.com
You lie!!!