Complaint Review: Star Expess Trucking Company - Tulsa Oklahoma

You know the kind. One big scale. First, you do the steers. Then the whole tractor. Then the whole rig. You subtract. The difference is the steers, the drives, and then the trailer tandems. First, those scales aren't all that accurate. I've worked some of them myself. Remember those sliding-weight doctor's scales? That's how some of them work. You slide a weight. Yeah, real precision there! Or, he was working with 2 hours sleep. Missed the 1 in the subtraction problem. No calculator. Easy to do. Rest assured, the CAT or J scales are fine. I weigh myself on them. I get out. Suddenly, the gross went down 200 pounds. d**n buffets. Everything rests on the driver. Gross weight. Axle weight. Placards. Shipping papers. And, they call drivers steering wheel holders. There's a lot you need to know!

Yepper, I'm the one ( of a few) that calibrate scales. I'm only on this site because I want to be a truck driver. Trust me, It is not because of the fine indiviuals I've met whilst calibrating C.A.T. scales or Flying J. I'm also from Tulsa. Sorry about those other folks, some of us have teeth and can spell. Rest assured, as the other "truckers" opined, You must have messed up. Do you know that the state follows around? Checking our work? At Forty thousand pounds, we have a 20 lb tolerance. How could you be 10.000 lbs over weight? I once ask CAT Scale, and Flying J, how can you garuntee( Hey, that is a hard word to spell, you do it) the weight. "if several drivers complain, we have a problem, If one complains ..." I think driver, you messed up.

Well I have been asked to haul overweight loads & have refused. I have even had to go back 3 times to be reloaded until it was barely under 80,000 lbs. I had over 10 scale tickets to get it legal, but I spent the $$$ on Scale Tickets & everything just in case. Now the only thing I can think of is either he scaled at a SHIPPERS SCALE & believed them or he didnt scale at all. I will scale at a shippers scale & as long as I am under like 65,000 lbs or so, I will accept it. If it is over that, I scale at a CAT or other certified scale to CMA (Cover My a*s). Like a previous person said, CAT is very good about defending & paying overweight tickets if you scaled the load. Also, where in Blythe did he scale, I have driven thru there a lot & the only place I would trust is the Flying J right across the CA border. Also I have never heard of any SCAMS in Quartzite AZ & I used to run 2 team loads a week between DALLAS & LA & they were all on I-10. Sorry, but you need to post more details or else we will assume you are GUILTY of being a IDIOT !!!

I can sympathize with your situation, but let's be honest here. If your husband scaled the load and has a scale ticket, then he should be able to fight this in court, especially if it is a certified scale. Also, as a professional driver, I know when I'm overweight or close to being overweight. You can feel it in the truck and how the truck handles. Being overweight by 10,000 pounds is a major problem and your husband should have returned to the shipper until he was satisfied with the weight. No one can force us to run illegal or heavy and ultimately it is our responsibility to run legal. At the very least, your husband could have called the company or the owner and sought approval to take the load. Then, if there was a problem, he could lay the burden of paying the ticket on his boss.

Did your husband scale the load on a cat scale? If he did cat scale garauntees the weights are accurate or they will go to court with one of their own attorneys or pay the fine. The scale company that showed the legal limit is the one that is responsible for overweight fines.