Don't they carry retarder or sugar to kill the batch for situations like this and mechanical breakdown?
They couldn't drive it away overweight but the DOT has no problem with all that extra weight behind a heavy wrecker that probably weights as much.
Yup, that makes perfect sense in the public saftey aspect of why they stopped the truck to begin with and has nothing to do with generating revenue.....![]()
Figure out what officer done it and pay some scrapper without many assets to leave the drum in their yard.Going to suck to chip that out.
"hurr durr muh weaar and tear on the roads"They couldn't drive it away overweight but the DOT has no problem with all that extra weight behind a heavy wrecker that probably weights as much.
Yup, that makes perfect sense in the public saftey aspect of why they stopped the truck to begin with and has nothing to do with generating revenue.....![]()
Owner would have given the driver a bonus!I would have dumped the load right there, the ticket is probably about the same as chipping it out and a fuckton less work. Plus the look on the cops face.
Retarder is the one driving.Don't they carry retarder
You've clearly never met a tomato truck driver.Concrete drivers are usually the dumbest fucks out there, they're the last guys you want running around overloaded.![]()
You've clearly never met a tomato truck driver.
It's one of those things where if they don't make the penalty harsh, every driver will go over. It's already common on shit like dump trucks where it's not always easy to know what you wiegh.
18k is fucking way over for a concrete truck that knows exactly how much he's supposed to carry.
Concrete drivers are usually the dumbest fucks out there, they're the last guys you want running around overloaded.![]()
The driver didn't load the truck, boss man at the batch plant did and knows exactly how much went in there. Batch guy rolled the dice and unfortunately lost so can you really blame the driver in that case?
ThisYes, as the driver you're always responsible. You drive the truck every day with 8 yards of concrete, you should fucking know what it feels like when there is 13 in it
Not to mention most places have scales and/or tickets you grab on your way out.
I can see being a little over, but 18k is a lot in a truck that's probably only supposed to gross 60k.
that is how you make ketchup sillyShit even up here during harvest those clowns will sling product across most corners and many merge lanes over correcting...
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I have never seen a mix plant that didn't have a scale between the work in the pit and the road
like I saidLike i said, batch plant knew before the truck ever left that it was 18k overweight.
Driver isn't going to loose his job for refusing the load so he takes off.
you haven't seen many around here thenlike I said
never seen a batch plant without a scale![]()
I can show you at least two around here that don't. they're also known for shorting loads so you have to pay for a second truck.like I said
never seen a batch plant without a scale![]()
yesThe driver didn't load the truck, boss man at the batch plant did and knows exactly how much went in there. Batch guy rolled the dice and unfortunately lost so can you really blame the driver in that case?
Yes, as the driver you're always responsible. You drive the truck every day with 8 yards of concrete, you should fucking know what it feels like when there is 13 in it
Not to mention most places have scales and/or tickets you grab on your way out.
I can see being a little over, but 18k is a lot in a truck that's probably only supposed to gross 60k.