Murraycroexp
Veteran Expediter
Never seen a cube that weighed 4500 pounds or less. Just sayin.
Low prices are killing this month!ppl bending over like crazy!
Never seen a cube that weighed 4500 pounds or less. Just sayin.
that was the other posters point....Is he? or just taking heavy under the table?....
You do if the vehicle ever weighs more than 10,000 pounds.
The rules are for the GVWR or the actual weight.
I've done a go catch the overflow, 2 vans, first one loads all he can and I get the overflow, in this case it was 2 10 pound boxes. And off to Charlotte we went.
ajakapari
Expert Expediter
Ok but if your GVWR is under 10K why would u weight more then 10K? Unless towing or something .
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This can't be a picture of Ovm .... he does Not take overweight loads ....lol..
Murraycroexp
Veteran Expediter
I'm sure taking 5500# loads is fun until the fines hit.
If your GVWR is, say, 9999 pounds, and you are 300 pounds overweight, they're ya go.
Also, a lot of these cube vans are rated at 12,500 pounds, give it take, and the owner slaps 10,000 GVWR on the side doors in order to avoid logging. But they continue to run over 10,000 pounds all the time. If they get caught, it's serious money.
ajakapari
Expert Expediter
True but even if u slap a sticker on the side door that says 10k.. It shows on the registration the true GVWR... So that doesn't work...
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Tell that to the scores of fake-labeled cube vans who illegally and routinely run without logs.
ajakapari
Expert Expediter
Yeah but ive never been over the road before. Im kind of excited about it. Its also possible that I will hate it and adopt the same opinion as you just stated.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy going OTR. However, with that said, I don't go very often. Most of my loads are out and back.
You only have to log if you have Dually's. There was a driver at Bolt who had a cube van with dual real wheels and Bolt made him log just like a big truck driver. He got upset when I got a 700 mile direct load that he couldn't legally do. If the box truck is not logging and is over 5500 pounds, it is running illegal.
It was king of funny how me and the dually truck driver were shooting the breeze in the parking lot and I got the load before he did even though he was first out. It kind of made him question why he was driving a dually truck.
I'm pretty sure "dually" isn't mentioned in the definitions of Commercial Motor Vehicle.
I'm pretty sure "dually" isn't mentioned in the definitions of Commercial Motor Vehicle.
Dually's are usually over 10,000 pounds GVWR!