Possible Dumb Question - Overweight Van?

**greg334** · 02-05-2010, 10:35 PM

You did used to scale in the state. They did away with it I think it was 2008.

**OntarioVanMan** · 02-05-2010, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by greg334

You did used to scale in the state. They did away with it I think it was 2008.

Greg...is that statement the result of your English as a second language course? You failed right?

**greg334** · 02-05-2010, 10:57 PM

Look Dude, cut me some slack, I had a bad day. I ended up over in Windsor this evening 'enjoying' some haute fusion cuisine from Vietnam and France, so I being exposed to very bad English of my hosts and very saucy spicy food has done a number on me.

The only three things I recognized were Cha kney, Luc Loc and Banh Mi - who knows what the other stuff was.

**fastman_1** · 02-06-2010, 12:46 AM

Originally Posted by jw-bama

alabama doesnt have a set of scales no where around huntsville.the only set they have is georgia/al line on 20. and you dont have to have a log book if your under 10/m lbs.

Yep your right, but they have weigh in motion scales all over the place, which a officer sits in a shack and watches, then pulls over the offending truck at the closest safe spot, and ther is a set of these on 65 near Huntsville. as for me The safety Guy says log then I log,

**greg334** · 02-06-2010, 12:17 PM

What safety guy?

**fastman_1** · 02-06-2010, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by greg334

What safety guy?

you never had a safety guy? you know the guy that looks at all your logs, makes sure you run legal?

**greg334** · 02-06-2010, 10:21 PM

Dude, I have a whole department that I have to deal with - one group just for logs, one for Maintenance reports, one for truck compliance issues, one for Hazmat, one for DOT physicals, and so on. It is fun to say the least but they know not to log in Alabama.

Some of the safety people I had to deal with in the past were, let's say knew less than my cat did about some of the issues we deal with daily.

**jw-bama** · 02-06-2010, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by fastman_1

Yep your right, but they have weigh in motion scales all over the place, which a officer sits in a shack and watches, then pulls over the offending truck at the closest safe spot, and ther is a set of these on 65 near Huntsville. as for me The safety Guy says log then I log,

the only in motion scales still in operation are the ones at the 100 by the petro and there closed 90% of the time. those on 65 have been shut for a long time. if the safety man says log in alabama i guess you better log.

**fastman_1** · 02-07-2010, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by jw-bama

the only in motion scales still in operation are the ones at the 100 by the petro and there closed 90% of the time. those on 65 have been shut for a long time. if the safety man says log in alabama i guess you better log.

That could be I was going with the info from the web site and what I was told, also its was 2007 I think when this driver was shut down. I myself haven't been to Alabama since then.

**jw-bama** · 02-07-2010, 06:11 PM

it must have been a young trooper that didnt know what he was doing. more that likely he was calling his sargent to find out what expediting was a lot of the dot guy just dont know.mostly the under 10/m lbs rule