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I’ve been trucking for over 20yrs, DOT is all about making money.
My Dad (RIP) drove for over 20yrs. He used to say that DOT were all failed drivers and angry at the whole industry. So they take it out on the drivers.
Drivers are stuck in the middle. With dot it feels like harassment but without dot company's would give you terrible equipment and cry if you pulled over to sleep 4 hours a night.
Well cop salaries don't pay themselves, you stop giving tickets local governments start going broke.
If your making money hauling something, you should have a cdl, end of story. Quit trying to side step the law. Im done with the non cdl hotshot trying to skirt the law
@@eddybrownII shh
Put a scale on the trailer. Those scales vary around 200 pounds most of the time. He should of let you go. 60 pounds is not a safety problem. We are not criminals we work for a living. That's the problem too many laws and no common sense. Their taken away our freedom. We are been controlled.
Even calibrated the scale accuracy is probably only 3% and at 26K that plus or minus 720 #. No way there gonna be exact at 60# over.
@@johnhoffman8203 Pretty much. He was at 26,060 and then 25,800. Highly doubtful those two tires were 260 lbs. "calibrated" my ass.
No. He deserved the ticket.
I would have throwed the spare tire off on the side of the road.
I was like 1000 pounds overweight on a semi but they let me go.
You're within the margin of error of the scales.... I'd go to court
It's not an overweight issue its a liscense issue
@@philfredericks5198 your wrong
@@jimhenry3992 since you clearly do not have a clue let me explain it to you.
You will need to obtain a CDL if the combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001. This guy weighs 26,060 pounds. He is 59 pounds over the weight required for a cdl. Do your research.
@@philfredericks5198 He is overweight for the type of license that he has. it is was a licence issue
then losing the 60 pounds would not solve his problem, since a license cannot be changed on the spot like changing the weight.
@@billb7636 losing 60 pounds would solve the problem. If he had a cdl there would be no problem. Therefore it's a license issue. End of story.
It's ALWAYS a blessing to have someone help you out while over the road! GOD BLESS those two gentlemen! I've ALWAYS had a good experience with the folks out in Washington State!
Never been thru Ridgefield poe?
60lbs at 26000lbs weight is 0.23%. No scale has an accuracy that tight.
Have you considered he might be over 26,060
Scales are calibrated by law. Did you actually view the entire video?
I know a guy that does scales for a living, you should see the shit he has to test scales. They are that tight trust me.
@@wd8557 DOT scales have a +/- of 200lbs normally
He moved 2 tires and somehow dropped 260 lbs.
He was within weight, the scale had him wrong.
Always so nice to see other workers helping out other workers. We’re all trying to make a buck out there
DOT Officer was surprisingly nice... and you handled this situation really well!
Truckers are true brothers when they behave like this... well done!
The public has no idea that as a commercial driver you have literally no rights & are subject to being pulled over without cause just because they can
So? The heavy loads are dangerous and this needs to be regulated.
If your kids were riding next to this guy wouldn't you want him in compliance?
@@dpeagles Very true. But more people die from car vs car collisions than car vs truck. Trucks don’t cause super death. Every vehicle should be inspected.
@@krisc5382 sure.
@@dpeagles The point here is that even if the driver is going empty will get pull over for no reason because they can
@@jequintana4268 Yes. The officer checks for more than just weight. He checking to see if your setup is safe.
If you are straight than there is little to fear.
Damn man. Over 60 pounds. How do these officers not have any guilt over stupid stuff like that? Awesome to see the guy in the Toyota help. That’s the best thing over the road is someone giving a hand when in need.
they have quotas they need to get to, or it's their ass
It’s their job to obey the law, they swore an oath bro, you know that. If they start letting people off with 60 lbs overweight, then sometime later 500, then a 1000 and then they’ll be taking bribes... trust me it’s better this way than to have crooked DOT around the country 😄
they have to follow the rules...it's their work. They do not take it personal and by the end of the month, they get their salary to maintain their families.
@@jeffdrier4460 Wow you deserve a medal
I would've took him to another weigh bridge. Chances are you'd been under. We do it all the time. Plus we've a 1 tonne le-way.
That’s why I will drive a hundred miles out of my way to miss a scale.
Well my mom brother did that and DOT people found them and fined them. It not that simple. Good luck to people that are trying to miss the scale.
I agree 👍 💯.
I don't care extra miles to avoid, I don't care spend extra fuel .
Smh I do cdl flatbed local haul agriculture, but twice a year I do dead head to go out of town and to go back into town, lemme just tell you... My truck is raggedy, this year I didn't have a back plate, no city horn, no 4 ways, no signal lights, no air alarm, no speedometer, cracked windshield, air leaks and there is probably over a hundred trucks, most in the same a bit better or worse condition the one I drive, that do the same routine, most of the trucks are old l9000s 8000s, i4000s, Sterlings, kws, volvos, freights, macks, very few in good condition alot of the with the bed leaning, some people go around the scale houses, some people just dont care and leave in the day and go through the scale house... Well I care a bit more so me in my regedy truck I try to get to the bitchiest scale house around 1am, just have my seat belt on and my "69" app on my phone screen, stop and go go go.... But again I can't compete with yall because yall are probably on the road year round, iam on the road at at the end of may and beginning of july
Haul live stock dot dont like messing with those trailers do to the smell, make sure you keep the shit dripping through the holes 😝
@@james64468 i go around every damn scale.... its been 20 years doing this ....
Just make sure to bring your UPS reciept showing the weight of the tires into court. No way did those way 260lbs.
He didn't ship those tires. They went right back on the trailer....
@@TheMinnow101 Bingo!
I would have still weighed those tires at ups!
Carl Jones 😂😂😂 Thats what I said
That dot officer only wanted too meet his quota
Simple extortion.
"so what did I learn?"
You've got a new business. Sit empty before the scales, with a sign. "Overweight? I'll take some"
pure genius!!!!
lmaooo
Call an Uber, put extra 60 lbs weights in it, then both head to the nearest truck stop.
Dam .... I did that last year :)
In Georgia 🇬🇪, I was 100 over , called uber took my spare tire and told uber to drop it on his 4th exit heading north ...
That dot was waiting us on exit 109 pilot 👩✈️
My guts told me he will be there that’s why I asked the uber to pass for exits 🤣🤣🤣 before meet me on that ramp
@@cryptoanalysts5793 Dang that is slick of them. I remember when I was younger my mom got a ticket for speeding, and she jokingly asked the officer if there was any other cops up ahead and I think he told her no, but after she left he apparently got on the radio and had another car jump on the highway, she said she saw the cruiser enter the highway ahead of her and then proceeded to go into full search and destroy mode looking for her thinking she would be speeding again.
Never tell an officer thank you unless they actually help you. I drove for about 10 years and have met some that will actually help you but are far and few between. Also know that there is no law that says you have to assist any officer during a dot inspection. So by telling an officer thank you is basically saying, thank you for letting me assist you in charging me with a crime and imposing a fine that I must pay out of pocket... thank you so much. I know that wasn't what was going through your mind at the time but that is what really happened. I also served in the navy and volunteered to become an auxiliary ma. So I can tell you for a fact that this officer didn't care one iota about you or how nice you were to him. As an officer you enforce by discretion. That officer , if he had any dignity, could have said "you know what, you are only 60lbs off and I can tell you genuinely didn't do it maliciously so just make sure you stop some where and toss out those blankets. Have a nice day" that's office discretion. And a side note he was blatantly mocking you when he asked if you knew anyone around or if you had 60lbs you could remove. He didn't care. He already cited you.
I think you should get a CDL and save future problems my friend, that's your 2nd time going through same exact problem, 1st one you went to court for though, keep on trucking Bro !
Yea,pay the government for more rights violations while an 80 year old geezer with coke bottle glasses can bomb down the road in a 50,000Lb RV on a regular drivers license while towing a pickup truck towing a boat.
@@SPUPRR so true!!! Such dumbshit
SPUPRR I’ve been noticing DOT cracking down hard on them. Might start making them get a non commercial Class A. I know some states are enforcing it.
@@joshuastevens5910 The problem with that is to make all state to enforce it because I can come from a state doesn't require it then go into state that requires but that state can't do anything about it its not within their power do so. Its like california asking canadian for their driver license and insurance but its provided through their passport but they keep on telling canadians to get a driver license in cali which is physically impossible.
@@Goldenjews1234 Get a license in Arizona. 40 years to renewal and no restrictions.
Love the officer on the violation getting removed. “No! Why would the state turn down money? Heck no...”. Such a scam.
Nice pilot driver.
Be safe out there man.
I thought he was reasonable, letting you dump some load and reweigh, up until he said the violation would stick... He's really keeping criminals off the roads, there...
You always have the opportunity to make it legal. It doesn't change the fact that it became a licensing issue when he was over 26k that's a rule that should be zero tolerance with 100% strictest penalties.
I personally love hotshot. They keep the DOT occupied and off of truck drivers backs. I'll ride slow behind one for 10 miles to follow them into a scale as it's practically a guarantee I'll not get a random inspection.
@@michaelknox3504 I love Hotshotting with my class A, last 4 weeks brought in $9k every Friday, home on the weekends..Job is so easy its criminal
@@AW-mz1zm 9K is easy to do in a week, even with a dry van.
@@account4info sure company driver 😂
@@Uberaroundtheworld530 Rates are good right now. I'm self employed, I like it that way. No wife, no boss, no problem.
If you have a CAT scale ticket from before you got stopped showing you under 26k, you can call them and they’ll pay the ticket or get it dismissed.
You have to take them to court and show it to the judge. Been there,done that!
Not true. The weight on the DOT scale is the weight the DOT uses. Period.
patersonplankrd I mean I’ve fought an overweight ticket before by a cat scale ticket but what do I know.
@@chanceloban9529 you may fought the citation. Did you get the citation dismissed?
Did the CSA points come off your record?
The moral to the story is, if the weight is that close, the best practice is to not take the load.
The Ram held at least 60 lbs less fuel. Glad you still run into great people on the road. thanks for sharing and be safe.
They want the revenue. Think I would have asked if anyone wanted 10 gallons of diesel.
Much better plan than even suggesting dumping it on the lot..I know he wasn't serious, but giving it to someone would have been a great idea. Hindesight I guess
Don’t think it would have mattered anyway because like the dick officer said in the video, he was in violation in the beginning regardless of how he loses weight.
@super pickle what jeep did you put 26k of weight under. Also how were you not concerned about going to jail for bribery
Man, just get the CDL there is a lot of officers like him
Yea screwing people and making money is how they keep there job. There is no way that scale can be certified accurate all the time when taking huge weights all day everyday. Just like police cars are certified speeds but never ever get checked or calibrated out of the factory even with the super heavy abuse they endure daily. ;-(
A lot??? Man like 99.9% of all of them are like him. Mercy or empathy are non-existent in their eyes.
Lots of reasons NOT to get a CDL too. That is unless you enjoy paying more in taxes and other bullshit costs.
Dave Martin don’t be silly. “ broke the law” bring it down a couple notches.
@@xcalibertrekker6693 i have a 10K pound scale at work. it is 10 years old and is checked every 6 months. it is good to +/- 1 pound. it has never had to be adjusted. But Fuck DOT for 60 pounds over.
alex: what's my total weight?
occifer: 26060 pounds
alex: i had a big lunch
buahahahaha
Road pirates at it again.
@@schawnfleites1555 with economy not going well and them pigs having quotas to fulfill, this shit is going to happen more. it will trickle down to consumers some how, and we all end up having to pay for it,
LMAO!
I would've reweighed at a CAT scale if there was one nearby.
Dot won't let you go to a cat scale until your legal and then the Cat scale is after the fact so they could argue Court you lost weight after your on their scale the only way to deal with this is to get a a scale ticket when you get loaded cat scale will fight for you in court if dot says you're overweight after cat scale said you were legal
Lose 8 gallons of fuel
He probably should have hit the CAT scale immediately after loading. That way he's got no reason or excuse to run through a scale overweight. CAT will even fight for you in court if their scale shows you legal.
Time for CDL even if running non cdl weights.
Yep that's what I do. I run 30k to 35k daily but only registered at 26k. Never once have I been given an overweight ticket when I was thousands of lbs over registered weight because I have my CDL. There is some luck involved there but even if I get a overweight ticket it's cheap and not an OOS ticket
Yep. I was driving a 26 k dump truck and was loaded to 30 k.
Pulled onto the portable scales and since I have a class A no problem. Had it been the other guy that drove it with a regular license he would have gotten a ticket.
There's no reason to not get a CDL that I know of . Its not that hard to study for or take the test then you have no worries after you pass. I got stopped coming of Colorado hualing two cars for a dealership . I was told I didn't need a CDL but when stop by DOT found out differently !
If he had 80,060 pounds would be the same thing
@@TheSlagman0 over the road with CDL pays more taxes than non CDL and more requirements that cost more money
Big favor the Toyota driver did for you. Pay it forward is his motive, let it be yours too. Someday, someone will need a bit of help. We should always be willing and ready to assist a brother, or sister in need.
This is around exit 40 i-5 southbound in Washington state.... I saw myself at 4:30 red truck amazon trailer😀😀😀 this scale gave me problems before too
Ha that’s awesome you saw yourself!
I had a DOT inspection on my rig and trailer, they had 3 guys doing a full inspection nose to tail, under the trailer and truck on a rolling board, under the hood, in my ELD, everything and they could not find any issue to get me on, well they did find something, They found where one of my airlines was touching another line and it was rubbing a little and the hose had a little rubbing mark on it where it was touching the other hose, you could hardly even feel any indentation, just a little discolored, so they wrote me up on that. That is all they could find but they had to get me on something I guess.
Yea, if true that sounds like they where looking to meet quota.
Iv always been told you can drive a new truck off the lot and dot can find something wrong with it
I got my cdl and I was that close one time at the scales. They asked how full my fuel tanks were and they were topped off. Told me to fill only up to 3/4 next time and let me go. This guy was a jerk.
Although I moved out of hot shotting (very unfortunately) as I couldn’t afford to get the final insurances I needed to keep running, that’s why I always had a scale ticket with me! For the $11 or $12 it costs to run across a CAT scale, it’s worth it! I never weighed 26k or more, but figured it was good to have in case I ever came across any local weight limits and was stopped! Sorry they got you this time, especially over such a piddly amount but hey live and learn I guess right? Keep on truckin, though man! I always enjoy watching your videos! Maybe one day I can get back into it, but for now I’ve started up my own small engine shop instead and business is booming! I truly do miss the road though! I don’t miss the breakdowns in freezing weather, but that’s what made it an adventure! Best of luck to you man, I hope that doesn’t affect your safety rating too badly!
Absurd. he claims scales are within 0.23% as if! according to his scales those tires were 260lbs.... Ya sure lol
That's exactly what I was thinking.
.23% error on 26,000 lbs is 59.8 lbs. Just saying!
The range on the error of the scale is between 26,000.062 - 26,120 lbs
well, to play the devil's advocate, alex said them tires weigh about 90 pounds each, so he taking two of them off, will be like 200 pounds and then with the 60 pounds off calibration.......
ok, i can't make up more bs no more
It sounds like we need UPS to weigh in on this... no pun intended
It's Washington state. I was 200 pounds over in Oregon and they just said "Have a good day."
I was 10 k over on the back axle with a six axle dump truck. Dot cop was all upset. I explained that I had just com up a steep bumpy hill with a load of asphalt. I told him I could chug it forward now that we are on level ground. He let me.
I jammed the brakes after driving forward. I’m now 500 over on the steer and the back axle is legal.
He couldn’t understand how that happened. I explained that asphalt is just hot greasy rocks that move around in the truck till you dump it in the shaker box and they spread it and it cools from 400 degrees F to room temperature.
"Nobody likes a stickler!" That's true for any place I think - great forward thinking/problem solving in the moment and way to keep a good attitude through the whole ordeal!
“I can throw this 100 dollar bill away,”
Alex, it is the state of Washington my home state, it is all about money sadly especially now with COVID-19 kicking the state budget my friend you got out of it your lucky
Geez! Wish I was there to help. After the big lunch comment I thought you were going to ask to use their bathroom.
Couple videos back it was, don’t turn cdl loads down, I bet he’s rethinking that now? Moral of the story, if you’re going to get into hot shot, get your CDL first! The non cdl days are gone....
Won't even let us carry over 10k without a cdl b
Hey Alex you owe C&C logging from KELSO WA a shout out on your next video I watch your videos! and actually live 10 minutes from the scale I’m a CDL driver that cross that scale all the time
Man, that cop didn't have to be like that. I've been over many times and account for it in many ways. One way is fuel. If you have a full tank, the weight will burn off. Damn dude, just get a CDL and be done with it. Good luck.
Alex you should have named this video "I f***ed up". As a general rule I weighed my load if I was over 75% of GVWR. Even less if the shipper was known for loading one end or the other really heavy. I'm not sure what your fine was, but I bet it was more than a Cat Scale ticket.
Alex thinks he is SUPER Trucker and no one can tell him any thing as a lot of hotshot truckers do!!
I don't think he thinks that. He's young and he's to the point that he knows enough to know he doesn't know enough. He should get used to that as I have 30+ yrs in and I don't know enough.
You don’t think that’s a problem? 30 years ! Either the rules are ridiculous or you’re not smart. It’s so funny how people get off talking shit about others
I was 120 lb over on my back axle...they took me into the office... Officer told me" tell the loader and next time I'll get"...got lucky
in the uk we are allowed 6% leeway for snow and rain, even if its dry
I used to haul road salt in the dead of winter. From kansas to south dakota , by the time I unloaded if it was freezing rain or blizzard, I would pick up 5-7,000 lbs. Luckily there were no scales on the routes I needed to take, they will nail you hard when they get in the mood for picking up ice along the way. Weight is weight. You would be lucky if they let you knock it all off with a hammer in the parking lot and weigh again. I was lucky and only ever heard stories. But man the ice adds up quick, especially pulling a hopper with low traps.
If ever I go back to doing that run, I'm bringing an air hammer. Clearing ice for an empty weigh before loading sucks, especially when the scale operator won't let you go with the payload you could haul if conditions were dry. Hauling grains and fertilizer in the winter wasn't as bad though, most places weighed the product only. In that case you hoped the portable scales weren't out and about and you only knocked off the ice if the fuel mileage started to suffer.
That UPS is in my home town! Kelso, Wa. I recognized it right away.
If you are going to keep that line of work man get the cdl, this is too much hassle for a cool guy. The trooper wasn't that bad he is doing his job, but the gent who carry your wheels, that's an angel.
Godspeed brother!
COP: Know Why I Pulled You Over? Me : Checking For Doughnuts.
Get that CDL, you'll be glad you did.
PA gives you 2% on portable scales. So at 26,000 they'd give him 520 lbs, and when I was over in a big truck they ALWAYS asked my weight & take that off also. I was 93,000 lbs one time & he asked me my weight & I said, oh about 13,000 lbs. They laughed but I didn't when the fine was $2,983.50
60 pounds are nothing.Depends of the officer.I was giving a break few times with 200 pounds over.
There are good guys out there still. Pilot dudes make good money, he don't need yours. Happy it worked out for ya
Just get a non air brake cdl, you could then put your trailer gross weight back to what it was designed for.
I would have slapped back on the trailer LMAO
"I’ve been trucking for over 20yrs, DOT is all about making money" I've been doing it for 32 and I have NEVER gotten a ticket that I did not deserve. WHY? because as in this case it is MY responsibility to know the requirements of my job. The EASIEST way for this driver to solve these issues in the future is to go get a CDL and up his base apportioned weight. He already is complying with the other regs, a CDL solves this problem in the future.
That's what you get for having that BIG lunch! Lol! Good one! That's exactly why i never stop at the scales, i just keep on going! (Not recommended) i just don't have the time nor urge to stop.
He probably knew you were recording, so he went by the book. If you were not recording he probably would of let u go. He's not going to risk his job for you. He doesn't want him letting you go to get posted on the internet and then he catches crap from his bosses or internet trolls.
Exactly, now you're recoding him doing his job so he has to give you a ticket. Compliance goes both ways when there's video evidence.
Not the first time I’ve seen that specific scale house give tickets like that. I live about 30 min south of where you were stopped. Take care, Alex!
See that's how you know their scales aren't perfect.. those two tires didn't weigh 260lbs. I would have called them it on that.. that's bullshit
That's exactly what I was thinking. That was BS
You idiots ever try to move a 19.5 tire and rim?
About 160 lbs each is what my wheels and tires weigh. 70 pound rim and 90 pounds of tire. Shipping weight minus container was a little under a half ton like 985 I think
this happened to me one time in Tennessee. I had to run a half tank of fuel all the way to arizona. tooke me FOREVER
That's messed up. I got caught overweight at the scale once and they just had me offload it the same way. But I didn't get an official out of service strike for it.
Don’t sweat it Alex ...Keep on trucking !!!
Get a lawyer and fight that over weight ticket, I bet that scale hasn’t been certified in years or you are in the margin of error.
Also, you sent the tires out at UPS. How much did they weight?
He didn't send them ups. He just said that for the video
Could be worse. I got busted years ago for 33,300 lbs in a F350 service truck pulling a trailer with a scissor lift and 50 ton overhead crane hoist. I got a stack of tickets. The company took care of all of them and none ever showed up on my driving record. Was kinda different because I wasn't driving commercial just had taken the hoist down to bring back to the shop to be rebuilt.
Alex I love it when you insisted the pilot car driver to have some $$ for his time. You are a great person, keep it up. Sometimes when we talk less, we get away with trouble. The more smart mouth we become, the more trouble they will give us.
We just have to be diligent and do our best. My dad and I run our little two truck company. After one year we had only two inspections, one which was for an oos. Our insurance sky rocketed... Just after Memorial Day I was in Kansas and was inspected twice. Got clean inspections so I'm hoping to keep the streak going to improve my score. Every morning I double check everything on the truck and trailer and hope I get inspected.
60 pounds! Unbelievable! I always thought they allowed a small percentage of overage.
They do what they want to do
@@terenceperry3288 They WANT to squeeze every dime and write as many violations as possible. Pretending to sell you safety. SOP.
You right I’m a hot shot driver so they can’t pull that shit on me
Yeah i thought they a little. 60lbs Thats less than .25%
Yeah but not when you’re non-cdl.
Oh No!!! Dude any idea what this would do or will do to your score? What a horrible situation. I agree. He could have been cool. Especially with everything going on in the world. Glad you got back on the road dude, just can’t believe all of this over 60 lbs.
Guarantee those scales are off. Even when still on the scales, it fluctuates that amount.
Just like radar calibrations, variations of 3 or 4 mph are common. Good cops don't ticket for less than 10 over UNLESS, underlying circumstances.
Alex, what's done is done, but next time (aside from getting a scale ticket BEFORE you hit the highway), carry a 5-gallon fuel can and a siphon hose. 60 pounds is only 8.45 gallons of diesel, and you could give two cans worth to any trucker with no problem. I can't begin to think about what UPS charged for shipping those wheels. Ouch.
If that calibration number quoted, +/- .23% is correct, you had the most nit-picky weight-in ever. .23% of 26000 is 59.8 pounds ... no wonder the "magically" called your overage 60 pounds. Had you showed a weight of 26059 you would have been legal. That's really being chickenshit of the DOT, to say the least.
If this was just a normal stop at the weigh station, that 60 pounds woulda been overlooked most likely. This seemed like they were doing inspections and they are more strict at the inspection stops. Also , the trooper has other troopers there and im sure he looks harder for violations around other troopers.
You would not believe how many times I've had to do that even when driving a tractor-trailer. But when you are hauling steaks the DOT are always happy to let you put a few in the trunks of their cars.
I’m in Seattle WA and I’m a truck driver, I know WSP DOT SUCK! lol
I've rolled over scales weighing 200 pounds and DOT wouldn't care. Some of them aren't even going to bother but you found the one guy who had a quota to meet.
We’re all just rolling atm’s for little towns and d.o.t.
Man, Rolled over the Woodburn Oregon scale 150. Lbs. - Never got stopped, or cited. But, would never attempt anything in California..
That's why you should have went to the first cat scale after you got loaded.
Agree. He was put outta service not just for being overweight but also for not knowing his weight/not being prepared.
Yep I had a truck that got busted for 300 pounds overweight. I think the fine was $18. Two years later I had another truck hauling the same product that was 2,500 over and there was no ticket, seems we get 10% because we were hauling scrap or waste. And don't get me going on exempt logs, seems no one in Mississippi Commercial Enforcement can understand the concept of exempt logs, it's a federal law but they don't observe federal law in Mississippi.
I would have a been a prick just like they was and asked for the Certificate of when the scale had last been calibrated by a certified scale technician. Has to be every 30days give or take it's been a while
Only have to present it in court, not roadside.
This is incorrect the scales only need to be certified once a year.
anyone else sit here and wonder how the hell is he keeping his hands so still for so long? took me about 3 minutes to realize its a picture lmao
I’ve ran into plenty of nice azz holes in my time. I have beaten overweight tickets with Legal Shield CDL.. Not sure if u got a ticket or not, but u have a 50/50 chance of beating EVERY ticket, no matter how wrong u are.
Consider yourself lucky! I got pulled around in va for being 1900 over on my drives. No sliding tandems or 5th wheel, as I was unloading the trailer to shift weight around I had an officer tell me that you are not allowed to remove anything from the trailer
I guess we have to ask the question, did you weigh in on a certified scale before hitting the road? CDL or not you should always weigh your vehicle. Fuel weighs approx. 7 pounds per gallon, so keep the fuel level below 3/4 when you can. DOT loves writing tickets for crap just like this. It is not being a stickler, it is being a revenue generator.
Wow thanks! Didn't know this.
It's exactly 8 lbs per gallon
It always the discretion of the officers! ALWAYS!
So the two wheels were 260 lbs?! Bud.. something ain't right
No shit,what a scumbag scale.
Ya, them scales are off or something.
I agree..something is off
It was the AIR in those tires that caused the discrepancy, 😃 😃
I have to agree. Those scales are off
Gotta love WSP. I live straight across the river from that scale. The staters are always plucking truckers and cars from there. At least you got a charismatic stater. Most of them treat you like crap even if you’re sincere and cordial.
Such Bullshyt. These guys have nothing else to do. I’ve been in this situation before. The Judge Throws these situations out the window. I Promise You Bro.
Judge might be related to the d.o.t employee.?
judges don't care about what's rational. And going to court costs time and money.
@@billupstateny9151 Doesn't even have to be that, where I live there is a little bitty city that was writing more citations then neighboring cities that where larger, they where doing it to pad their coffers, and if they where doing that then you know the local judge was probably in on it to.
BILL UPSTATE NY it’s possible
RonJ CLM I guess it’s case by case. I was hauling based out of AZ going through lasCurses NM. Had to fly back to NM for citation. Judge used his discretion & dismissed everything. You must proved proof.
This man said “yeah.. yeah... i don’t know what to tell ya” 😂😂😂
Highwaymen - A person carrying a gun who stopped people traveling on public roads and stole from them
@Big Wheel See you really can learn something new everyday and you're welcome
I got a ticket once, had to pay it before I left the scale, I was over on the trailer but not overall. All I had to do was slide my trailer axles. Department of taxation.
send that to mr,trump who warned DOT asswipers to be more leniant and not to impeed freight for minor issues
tow piglet is a lib
@@pilgrim666butters tell me you're joking please!
timothy fritsch where do you stop moving the bar? How about follow the rules. Only politicians are above the law. Do what’s right and you don’t have a problem. How many scales did he skip before this happened? Have a scale ticket on hand.
@@jansen7640 He's a libertarian, not a liberal.
@@joe2bear when did he tell us?
If you happen to to see comments on these old videos, please SLOW DOWN YOUR TEXT SCROLL OVER THE SCREEN!! 4 times I had to reel the sucker back to TRY and pause it at the perfect moment to read it. That happens alot on your videos. I'm hooked on them all the same. Thanks Alex.
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Alex sorry you got the ticket I enjoy your program I’m retired from driving 45 years I never would’ve guessed that you would’ve gotten a ticket for 60 pounds that’s ridiculous.
Always weigh first thing when you load. They don’t usually give breaks.
Pure speculation on my part, but the enforcement usually lies where the money in the industry wants it to be. It costs a LOT of money to operate a large truck. Trucking companies couldn't be happy with non-CDL hot shot carriers like you. They want the business, so they complain to the people they pay large sums of money to. Expect to be inspected frequently and weighed any time they see you with a good, heavy load. It's just the nature of the world. Trucking companies want your costs to increase so they can compete with you for those smaller loads.
when your near a scale. only fill enough fuel to get past the scale to the next truck stop. or if you have the fuel to make it past. then fill your tank once you’ve past it
No one:
Still no one:
Absolutely no one:
DOT Officer: yea you need to get that special license that the tractor trailer drivers carry to haul that 60 pounds, sorry
Thumbs up from me because you have an amazing positive reasonable attitude. That 60lbs over is a joke
Unfortunately, the Feds are clamping down on private operations like heavy fifth wheels, horse trailers etc that used to be ignored. Give this officer credit for being polite about the whole thing and Tom for keeping cool!
Give the officer credit for being polite. What a crazy statement
@@jasonriggs6803 And what is wrong with that? May I suppose you are a defunder?
Your truck can do CDL towing. Take the time to get a CDL and these problems go away. Then you can get a heavier duty trailer which hopefully wont break as much.
I had a big lunch lmao
After seeing a few of his videos, i'd actually believe that was possible!
Always go to the CAT scale at truck stops look up the apps for the nearest CAT scale near you Before you leave