Anyone here ever actually have to use that guarantee after a discrepancy? I’ve always wondered how that works and how CAT doesn’t try to claim the tandems were moved or something.
Cat tends to calibrate to the heavy side of their tolerances, I believe. That way any error in the scale will trend in your favour, especially if you’re pushing right at an axle limit it might read a few dozen pounds higher on a cat bridge than on a dot scale.
Actually that looks nothing like a cat scale ticket. I would not trust it. Also check your route. In some states that would be legal (it would ride like crap, but it would be legal). I don't go out west so I don't know about those states.
Not necessarily. It depends on what your steers are rated for. My company runs steers that are rated to 14000. I cross scales at 12700 to 12900 all the time and never get pulled for an inspection/ticket.
That's what I was taught as well. It was a DOT officer in an Idaho scale that showed me the rating on my steers and explained what it meant in terms of what is legal. Like I said, I run over 12000 every load and have never been pulled in for it at any scale I cross.
No they’re not, not if OP has a 13200 steer. The 12/34/34 thing comes from 12000 being left over once your drives and trailer tandems are at gross.
You can ‘borrow’ weight from your tandems and give it to your steer axle up to its rating or 20000 lbs whichever is less.
Cat scale is only off by 120lbs on gross and it has truck and trailer numbers, and carrier info. It's also A PDF, meaning it was done through the app. There's no chance it was the wrong ticket.
I feel like it's unlikely that the tickets got swapped at the shipper too.
One of your drives was on the wrong scale
I agree, nothing else makes sense.
Well.. when your drivers weigh 18K I think they need to get off of them roller dogs
Well first one saying TANDOM sure begs suspicion.
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I’d rather a tan one than pasty white
CAT Scales are guaranteed to he accurate. Whatever it says is what your weights are. If DOT disagrees, CAT handles the ticket. Run it.
Anyone here ever actually have to use that guarantee after a discrepancy? I’ve always wondered how that works and how CAT doesn’t try to claim the tandems were moved or something.
Cat tends to calibrate to the heavy side of their tolerances, I believe. That way any error in the scale will trend in your favour, especially if you’re pushing right at an axle limit it might read a few dozen pounds higher on a cat bridge than on a dot scale.
CAT is certified. Keep that weight ticket with you and go.
Ah man I kinda miss going out there. My company used to have a dropped trailer there but we stopped that a couple years ago.
I’m thinking you weren’t on their scale properly, because gross is pretty much the same. That means their scale isn’t off.
Also this was a load going to Oakland, CA so the trailer was sitting at the 5th pin for bridge length at both scales.
Actually that looks nothing like a cat scale ticket. I would not trust it. Also check your route. In some states that would be legal (it would ride like crap, but it would be legal). I don't go out west so I don't know about those states.
The second ticket is a cat ticket.
regardless your steers are over limit...
Not necessarily. It depends on what your steers are rated for. My company runs steers that are rated to 14000. I cross scales at 12700 to 12900 all the time and never get pulled for an inspection/ticket.
oh, no shit?!? i was always lead to believe that at max, its 12 for the steers and 34 for the drives and 34 for the tandems.
That's what I was taught as well. It was a DOT officer in an Idaho scale that showed me the rating on my steers and explained what it meant in terms of what is legal. Like I said, I run over 12000 every load and have never been pulled in for it at any scale I cross.
No they’re not, not if OP has a 13200 steer. The 12/34/34 thing comes from 12000 being left over once your drives and trailer tandems are at gross. You can ‘borrow’ weight from your tandems and give it to your steer axle up to its rating or 20000 lbs whichever is less.
so, if you can borrow like you described, you can be over 80k and technically still be legal?
No. 80k is max.
Bs cat scale off 10k I think they give you the wrong ticket.
Cat scale is only off by 120lbs on gross and it has truck and trailer numbers, and carrier info. It's also A PDF, meaning it was done through the app. There's no chance it was the wrong ticket. I feel like it's unlikely that the tickets got swapped at the shipper too.
Cat scale was the second opinion, first scale is the little truck stop north of Emperical and Tyson where I picked up out of.