5,000 lbs overweight in California. What's the penalty?

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FlamedPrince@reddit

Depending on how high the fine is, i would hire an attorney to review the case for my chances to sue and have the shipper pay the scale fine. Something over 2,000$ is enough for me to get the case reviewed.

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tomthebassplayer@reddit

90 days in county.

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thprk@reddit

can you even slide enough to make a 5000 over legal? Even with trailer axles fully back and fifth wheel fully forward?

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planetbuster@reddit

the reason everyone here is talking about sliding is because you cant slide them back much in california, in that state kingpin to the REARmost axle has to be 40 ft

three guesses how often the dot cop goes out there with tape measures or whatever but hey, people can eyeball that sort of thing within a couple feet once there familiar with this sort of thing, not rocket science. so yeah someone whos over by 5k is just gonna have to bend over.

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Nghtyhedocpl@reddit

Don't they also have the rule where you have to mark the 40' point on the wagon?

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disturbedrailroader@reddit

No, it doesn't have to be marked. It's marked as a courtesy to drivers.

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Captain_Wag@reddit

It's usually a dollar per pound over so....yeah he's fucked.

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navlgazer9@reddit

Yikes

A few years ago when I was trucking in the south , it was a penny a pound in Georgia .

Wasn’t even worth weighing it at a truckstop if you weren’t going across any scales except the ones In Georgia

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Captain_Wag@reddit

So I can be 100k lbs overweight and only get a 1k ticket? That seems very economically viable. Take 2 loads at once and hope the tires don't pop.

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navlgazer9@reddit

It’s a increasing fine ,

But I think the first 1000 was $10

Second thousand was like $1,250 Etc

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vastowen@reddit

I'm paranoid bout that shit now. Was struggling to get up hills to the nearest cat scale after picking up a loaded trailer and was cussing at the loaders. 100% sure they loaded me to the gills and was just gonna get the scale proof to turn around and get them to fix it. Late at night.

Suddenly another truck flashed at me and pointed to the side frantically so I pulled over. Set brakes. Got out to check what was wrong, started walking back, now I could see the smoke billowing from my tires and smell the burning. Ran back to my truck and undid the trailer brakes.

Nah, turns out one of my trailer brakes was stuck down, shit was apparently glowing, guy said it looked like it caught fire, someone called the fire dept. They came out and sprayed it off. Called roadside and they got it fixed after I sat there for an hour. No ticket or nothing. Never seen that shit before. Scared the fuck out of me. Just needed adjusting.

Wonder how the fuck that happened, it was a drop trailer that got loaded. How did it get there with that problem? Couldn't have right? How did it spontaneously happen? Lol.

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disturbedrailroader@reddit

Rust, not greased properly, the slack adjuster no longer adjusting, etc. The first 2 are more gradual failures, but the last one definitely could've been a situation where it worked fine until it didn't.

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SolidEnigma@reddit

This, hes fcked no lube.

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Pedialyte1221@reddit

Nothing happens I was over 3000 just pay the ticket , CA dot told me that’s how they make money

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BoostedLexus@reddit

Personal experience here... embarrassment. They just make you slide the tandems and get the weight as close as possible to be road legal and your off. No points, no citation, nothing.

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xoutlawtrucker@reddit

You really cant slide your tandems 5000 in CA. I think about 1000 is the most you can get away with legally. In the future, its better to slide your tandems in CA to make the load legal, than to hit the scales and be over 34k. The scales never lie, but the scalehouse might not be paying attention if your axles is back a few extra notches ( in CA at least)

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Captain_Wag@reddit

You can't slide your tandems that far, but you can slide the cargo. Hammer down get her up to 40ish and yank on the condiments. If you don't flip your trailer you should be alright.

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WackoMcGoose@reddit

"Yank on the condiments" sure is a Goodnight Everybody! sentence...

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xoutlawtrucker@reddit

Yeah, I think 2 notches legally, and 4 its hard to tell so you will get away with it. Its all about the scale, and when they weigh you, thats 95% of the time when its checked

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jadedshibby@reddit

I've also found this to be true. I wouldn't try it at Cordelia or the grapevine, but Livermore and Chowchilla have let me slide a few notches too far back.

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lordyarom@reddit

Shasta and red bluff on i5 can be pretty picky.

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RoadRatzzz@reddit

You were lucky.....not what happened to me.

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we-meet-again@reddit

Go on

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geneticdeadender@reddit

Are you a US citizen? If so, then DEATH.

Are you an undocumented immigrant with a CDL from a sanctuary state? If so, you get a hug and your choice of hair dye or septum ring.

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Extreme_Environment8@reddit

I’ve slid my axles to at least 43’a couple of times to get a legal weight in CA and gotten away with it but only because I was feeling lazy and didn’t want to take the time to adjust my load.

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Ok_Bug_6470@reddit

Sorry bruh but you have to blow Michelle Obama

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SPK5_trucker@reddit

back in the day it was a buck a pound

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sam367537@reddit

Use i40 and avoid the scale near mojave or use i15 to go to LA , it will close at night sometimes but if you are going to LA then you are cooked using i10

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