The scales of justice are blind…
And the guy at the truck stop who controls the scales is apparently stupid….
I won’t say where, but I drove about 45 minutes to get to a truck stop with scales that was open on a Sunday. I’m no trucker, so this was all new to me. I went to the service counter and told the man I wanted to weight my truck, total weight, and also front to back and side to side. His immediate response was, “We can’t do that”. Confused, I decided to go ahead and at least get the truck weighed as a whole and get the necessary form for the California DMV ($9 for the official signed weight ticket). When I got the truck on the actual scale I could see that it had zones for different axles so I figured I could at least get the front axle and back axle separate. When I got back to the counter the guys boss was there so I explained that I wanted the weight by axle. That he understood and said he could do it for $1 more, but I had to go put the truck on the scale one more time, which I did. When I went to get the forms I asked the guy if I could drive just the right side wheels of the truck on to the scale. He basically said it was my responsibility to put the truck on the scale. (In other words, he thought I was nuts). So I put the truck half on the scale for the 3rd time and finally got everything I wanted. He charged me another $9, but I didn’t care about the money, I just wanted the data.
Here is how it came out:
Weigh Station Results 10/3/10 (No Driver, No Passenger, No Cargo)
12,320 Gross Tare Only, Ticket Number 831814,
4,180 Steer Axle, Ticket Number 83985191
8,120 Drive Axle, Ticket Number 83985191
12,300 Total Axle, Ticket Number, 83985191
5,700 Total Left Side (Calculated)
6,600 Total Right Side, Ticket Number 83985190
46% 54% Left Right Bias calculated X/(100-X)
1,960 Steer Axle Left (Calculated)
2,220 Steer Axle Right, Ticket Number 83985190
3,740 Drive Axle Left (Calculated)
1,870 Drive Axle Left per Tire (Calculated)
4,380 Drive Axle Right, Ticket Number 83985190
2,190 Drive Axle Right per Tire (Calculated)
47% 53% Stere Axle Left Right Bias Calculated X/(100-X)
46% 54% Drive Axle Left Right Bias Calculated X/(100-X)
34% 66% Front Rear Bias by Axle (Calculated)
51% 49% Front Rear Bias By Tire (Calculated)
14,500 GVWR (Maximum) from Door Jam
85% % of GVWR max when empty (calculated)
2,180 Remaining GVWR (max cargo) Calculated
5360 GAWR front max from Door Jam
78% % of GAWR front max when empty (calculated)
1,180 Remaining GAWR front (max cargo) calculated
9,880 GAWR rear max from Door Jam
82% % of GAWR rear max when empty (calculated)
1,760 Remaining GAWR rear (max cargo) calculated
To be continued…
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