Confused about weigh stations

lir47942 · Apr 9, 2010

Hello All,
A newbie here been on the road with a cargo van for a couple weeks now drove big trucks for almost 30 years. In a differnt thread there was some coment on if you are under 10,001 you dont have to stop at weight stations. I was under the impression that unless it is marked that over a certain weight you had to stop. Could some of you give me some insite into this?
Thank you
Bob

greg334 · Apr 9, 2010

There is a lot of confusion about this, in Michigan you are supposed to scale but it seems they don't care anymore.

Now I always scaled in Kentucky when I had my van because it says commercial vehicles must scale.

Ragman · Apr 9, 2010

greg334 said:
There is a lot of confusion about this, in Michigan you are supposed to scale but it seems they don't care anymore.

Why bother? The scales are rarely open anyways. I travel I 94 between AA and jackson every monday and friday. The scales near grass lake are never open.

greg334 · Apr 9, 2010

Well I heard this nasty rumor, and it is only one of them rumors but we may not have scales next year if they don't get with the program and meet their quotas.

Ragman · Apr 9, 2010

greg334 said:
Well I heard this nasty rumor, and it is only one of them rumors but we may not have scales next year if they don't get with the program and meet their quotas.

I'm confused. What program and what quota?