In California almost all weigh stations suck.

@edstevens4439

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah......had more pull ins and inspections there than all the rest combined.......one trip three in two days......never hope they'll let you go....have the right stuff to show....now with elec logs ....what do you do...

@MrBlacxkcobra

2 жыл бұрын

YES BANNING IS TERRIBLE 😎😎

@jennifurzoe1302

2 жыл бұрын

Banning is by far the worst,the guy on 15 south into cajon junction was okay but its been awhile.

@CrotchRocket78

2 жыл бұрын

Its cali, the whole state sucks.

@danf3937

2 жыл бұрын

California sucks period

My friend blows the Banning, CA scale all the time, when he sees a fellow trucker smashing on the hammer lane, he follows, and the rest tag along... Can't get us all.

@greggpoppabich9281

2 жыл бұрын

Can't git us all...✌🏽😅❤

@HMMELD

2 жыл бұрын

Helps to have Pre-pass

@kyleparker733

2 жыл бұрын

His luck will run out, one day. And that's a BIG ticket. Plus they'll make him turn around and go back to the scale with a level 1 coming his way. At that point, get ur wallet out.

@rickallen1908

2 жыл бұрын

Been doing that for years. They're always so busy, just get in with some mega carriers with prepass and keep on truckin

@bajaboy27

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I know people that have been chased down and made to go back. I know a friend that also blows it all the time. I could never do it, after I once blew the one on Blythe and got a $1,200.00 ticket. Mind you this was at least 12 years ago.

West bound, Truckee… driving for Yellow/Roadway so teamster, pulled in twice. The memorable occurrence, was a check of my paperwork… told me that he could shut me down for something. I said, “go ahead; I make 25.40/hr to sit as a union driver.” He threw the log book back at me and told me to leave… He had no power over me. Bullies that can’t make it as an HP officer.

@ArizonaChris96

2 жыл бұрын

Late one night I had one tell me 500 feet from truckee scales at that agricultural inspection sight to pull it off to the side.. The way he motioned to me I could tell clear as day he was wanting to flex some abuse of power on me.. most likely bad mood. Well I was hauling milk that night, and I had been through there enough times to know they dont inspect milk in food grade tankers because in order to do that they have to cut the seals on the dome lid to take a sample. If the seals get cut/tampered with the customer will reject the entire load of dairy comodity costing the shipper and other parties involved the cost of the load. In some cases it can be $90,000 worth of cream or $70,000+ worth of milk in that particular case it would virtually end up being the state of California would have to buy the load over a bad decision made by a state employee, it would end up in court for sure. I just waived at him, and rolled on through and didnt bother stopping, pretty much did him a favor as well as myself I suppose otherwise there was no legit reason when the truck had a big billboard that said MILK.

@TorturedPeace

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaChris96 my dad was an owner/operator for 20 years he has pretty bad anxiety every time he sees a scale house. His more memorable story was scaling east bound Montana, weighed fine. Headed across the boarder into North Dakota. Before he got to the scales the car at the MT scale house passed him and was sitting parked next to the car at the North Dakota scale house… low and behold! He was over weight… interesting. They don’t take a check… only cash! (Someone wanted beer money for the night). I think dad had to cross another two scales before he delivered, no issues.

@ArizonaChris96

Жыл бұрын

@@TorturedPeace They were some crooked A-holes for sure.

@bixby9797

Жыл бұрын

That's funny! I had a DOT Cop in Vermont at one of the scales that was open, no permanent scales there, look at my logbook which showed 4hrs to cross PA. Cop said "how fast does your truck go"? I told him I had a co-driver in the sleeper. He tossed the book back and said "hell, I can't figure that crap out get out of here". We both laughed and off I went.

@mudpuddle8805

Жыл бұрын

@@ArizonaChris96 I haul chemical tanker. Eastbound I-40 entering California. They dont inspect hazmat tanker. Female inspector says she wants to see my papers. I told her "no thanks". She said I have to do what she tells me to do. I say "thankyou, no". She says she'll report me to CHP. I started to roll out and saying "Ok, thankyou!". They dont inspect tankers. Nothing ever came of it. I go through that scale twice every week.

Back in the day I always traveled the scenic route. Better off staying out of sight and out on mind.

@fuzzyelm1

2 жыл бұрын

Why are you scared ? It’s easier to just learn the times and follow them

@chriskeith9801

Жыл бұрын

Same here always stay on back roads if possible it will save you alot of headaches!!

Once a rookie DOT officer wanted to ticket an bull car . The Sr. Officer told him to leave it alone. He crawled under that , and got an eye full of diarrhea all over himself! 🤣😂😅 there was no one that didn't laugh their asses off!!

@nebraskamalt6949

3 ай бұрын

I know a cow hauler who was pulled over in ne. and trooper got irrigated. Driver laughed until trooper effed him over

I-5 just inside Oregon coming out of Cali, been stopped there every time and cited for something always paperwork or registration based. If they can't find something wrong with your truck they'll think of something.

@chickone8505

2 жыл бұрын

Got my first and only citation there. My drive tire had gone flat coming down I-5 between weed, CA and there. So when I pulled on that scale automatic inspection. Only thing wrong besides the tire that did not blow but lost air, that I had no idea about. I had gone slightly over my 14hr clock the day before and was cited. My ELD showed I had hours when I shut down that night so idk how that happened. Damn Qualcomm lol

@Species-yy5ng

2 жыл бұрын

Lol yep. I live in Oregon. Drive all 50’ states. Got 3 tickets in 12 years all of them in Oregon. 2 at the Ashland Poe. Those people that work there ha e their own interpretation of the laws and just can’t wait to write tickets. Guess none of them have families to support. Dot is supposed to be here to help us not wage war on truckers.

@gavnonadoroge3092

2 жыл бұрын

@@Species-yy5ng its not called asland for nothing

@bgifford1969

2 жыл бұрын

Ashland scale in Oregon or any open port of entry scale is bad, no matter what state you're in.

@tira2145

2 жыл бұрын

Why can't you keep your paperwork in order? It is not that complicated.

Banning is the worst, the only time it’s closed is after an earthquake when they have to repair the scale

@staysafe3815

2 жыл бұрын

I never went in to WS in Banning always drive through, never got caught in the last 9 years

@mwesner

2 жыл бұрын

Just blow the scale at Banning hit that center lane & Hammer Down

@jossa942

2 жыл бұрын

@@staysafe3815 same here but 🤫

@jossa942

2 жыл бұрын

@@mwesner wise words

Oregon will even clock you from weigh stations to weigh stations to see if your speeding and write you a ticket.

@andremoore5387

2 жыл бұрын

Kentucky to on 24

@larryray3178

2 жыл бұрын

Back in the 70’s-80’s when the speed limit was the double nickel, Arizona compared your time when you went through the chicken coop at one end of the state on I-40 and the one at the other end and if you did it too quick, you got a ticket for speeding. One company I drove for had me in a short wheel base cab over intertrashnel with a 300 Cumins and a nine speed tranny. It had a little short gear shift stick on the dog house. Anyway, when I got a load maxed out at 80,000, I had to run with my fifth wheel adjusted way forward to be legal on my drive axles which gave me a really rough ride. I solved that by keeping the slide rails of my fifth wheel really slick and when I saw a sign that said for all trucks next exit for a chicken coop, I’d stop on the shoulder, unlock my fifth wheel, lock my trailer wheels and run the fifth wheel up front, lock the fifth wheel and go through the weigh station. After leaving it, I do that and stretch it out again. All the way back was center of my drive axles and tons more comfortable ride. The company had that cumins governed for 64 mph and it was a real dog on a hilly road. If you hit the bottom of a hill at 55 with the next hill directly ahead, you were down in the gearbox by the time you topped out on the next hill. The only way I could make any time at all was to use my “Oklahoma overdrive” going down hills.

@kdlev4903

2 жыл бұрын

Oregon time stamps you at every scale you CROSS AND every time your prepass goes off & can give you a speeding ticket for a week prior useing that method.

@rickallen1908

2 жыл бұрын

Oklahoma has been doing that on the turnpikes since the late 80's

Banning got busted in '94 when Federal Marshalls sent an undercover truck in to the scale and it was tagged for loose brakes. Immediate arrest of the inspector

@CrotchRocket78

2 жыл бұрын

They need to that everywhere, keep them straight.

@sebastiangarla8558

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, they need to set up those stints in every scale house in every state with those nice bait trucks

@kyleparker733

2 жыл бұрын

Kool. That means a state boy got hooked up. Nice!

@malcolmmetzler6726

2 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it wasn't '90? Back then the Inspection Station management in almost all of Cali became a little too brazen with their kickback schemes with road service operators. The FBI set up a sting with more than a dozen companies with brand new, pre inspected trucks. After 6 months of gathering the evidence (video, sound and paperwork trails) the arrest raids were coordinated across the state at the same time. They charged dozens of inspectors and supervisors with some pretty heavy federal crimes. The woman who ran the Truckee facility got 10 years. The dude that ran Banning got 5 years. Truckee, Banning and Tehachapi (Kern County), were shut down for close to a year...

@HipKat

2 жыл бұрын

@@malcolmmetzler6726 It may have been. It's getting harder to see back that far lol

Scale in New Mexico on I10, Lordsburg NM on east bound side, West bound I10 west of Anthony Tx.

Yuma, az is a bad chicken coop to go through. This is exactly why all the great truck drivers are leaving the industry because every time u turn around there is some bullshit fine

@JL-co3es

2 жыл бұрын

My guy when ! 😂😂😂💀 Yuma is always closed!!!

@mwesner

2 жыл бұрын

I go through the Yuma AZ scale quite often it's only closed at night but if you know the area you can bypass it pretty easily and yes they are known for raping drivers hard they also are known for crap ton of roadside inspections so you're not safe anywhere honestly, only safe at night their cars are solar powered lol

@TattedVetReacts

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never been stopped at Yuma before

@cintroberts6614

3 ай бұрын

Yuma is the best town in the USA.

The one on 71 in KY has never given me an issue, but we've got prepasses in our trucks... but either way I firmly believe the DOT should be heavily defunded and weigh stations should be considered illegal and turned into rest areas

@RyanWithAviators

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, forget defund the police. Defund the DOT.

@truckerzachbell

2 жыл бұрын

Defund the FMCSA

@onewordhereonewordthere6975

2 жыл бұрын

Defund the government AKA mind control

@ParasiteZappers

2 жыл бұрын

Well illegal yes because they use Selective LAW ENFORCEMENT ! That is , they "pick and choose" who they want to inspect.

@williamroyt1296

2 жыл бұрын

Weigh stations are design to protect road and bridges, but there are some asshole DOT officers. I know that WY weigh station well, used to hit it going into Salt Lake City . That station at one time you had to stop and carry you paper work in, if you bypass you get lights there. That MD weigh station were its set at you can miss the sign, it set like in the middle and you actually have to know it’s there you ll mess it and you get light and they tell you to go back around then pull in

Pulled in late one night for my 10 at the Frostburg MD weigh station as it was closed. Morning comes, It was like they were just waiting for me to get up and they had me go over the scales. Level 1 inspection, paperwork and logs. Didn't really have cell reception on my PC since it's high up in the mountains, had to call my FM to email them the logs. Wanted to see 7 consecutive day post trip logs, lucky I make sure I document everything I do regarding inspections. Never again taking my 10 in a weigh station unless it's an absolute emergency.

@MrBlaktoe

2 жыл бұрын

That's why I would never sleep at the coops. Worried something just like that might happen while I was gaming the logbook.

@carlosdmoreno4157

2 жыл бұрын

You never stop @ wgt station to take a break never never

@barrybleich3455

2 жыл бұрын

Frostburg Maryland they can be real jerks one day I came through I got the green light then I get the red light he yells driver backup I sat there for 5 minutes then he said I could go they like to play games at that scale. Another skill that sucks the new market scale make sure you get by there before 5:30 am they just opened up couple of winters ago 5 degrees out they decide they want to inspect me I only had another hundred and twenty miles left in my night they pulled me in the smart Alec Young cop popped my seal without telling me I had a hazmat load he wanted me to go in there and find the hazmat I run LTL he couldn't get the door open roll up door he handed me a crowbar to get the door open wanted me to climb up inside the trailer 6 in the morning 5 degrees out I already worked 9 hours he was a real smart-ass he couldn't find nothing wrong with my trailer or truck he puts a warning down his report because of that I got CSA points the airlines for my brake Chambers they are routing from the factory across the axlehe didn't like the way they were he said it could rub I used to be a mechanic there was nothing wrong with them I've been driving for 20 yearsmy terminal manager didn't want to hear he was concerned about CSA points for the terminal manager gave me said I should do a better pre-trip the shop said there was nothing wrong terminal manager still didn't want to hear it stuff like this makes me want to get out of the industry I hate if that State broke off into the ocean I would jump up and down and cheer I hate that state most of the cops in that state or a bunch of Young wise asses 270 scale that's another one in that stupid state I had a young rookie measuring my 41-foot mark I had a 45ft trailer that state is out of control.

@mike-sk2li

2 жыл бұрын

Post trip???? Your not required to do a post trip. Wonder how that would have played out if they looked at mine

@carlosdmoreno4157

2 жыл бұрын

@@mike-sk2li ill doit only in the mornings!

Even as a Greyhound Bus driver. I found the only scale in Iowa that scaled buses. Most of the time it was closed. But I left out of Omaha going East to Chicago and I was loaded. As we got close to that scale of course it was open. I pulled the bus over and told everyone on board what was going to happen. And that when we got there, for everyone to get off the bus, walk across the street to a gas station, and wait for me there. So I get to the scale, the inspector is looking right at me thru his window. I open the bus door, and everyone gets off the bus, and walks to the gas station. I close the door, and start moving towards the scale. The inspector is laughing his ass off. I'm on the scale waiting for the ok to leave, and finally get a "green light" and proceed off the scale. I pull the bus ahead a bit, open the door, and everyone gets back on board. I'm standing by the door of the bus helping people get back on the bus, and looking towards the Inspectors office, and he is just laughing. I ran that route for another 3 months. That scale was never open again.

@adventureoflinkmk2

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, from what I've been told if you have a bus full of passengers generally they won't take up too much of your time unless there's a blatantly obvious safety hazard

@c.thompson9771

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised he didn't DEMAND you put yer 'load' back on the bus n' go round again! Awesome story.

@Miamiflow885

Жыл бұрын

lol thats priceless

I'm really surprised that the new Super Coops at Manchester, Tennessee was not mentioned, they have always been notorious for truckers, I'm so happy that I am retired now and I have been since the start of the ELD, I truly feel so sorry for you out there now and I appreciate your dedication!!

@chainesaw

2 жыл бұрын

Thay have always been bad,easy to avoid it

@rickallen1908

2 жыл бұрын

I'm right behind you. I have one contract through October. My final one is up at the end of January. Then I'm going to only do part time favor loads, that will keep me busy about 5or 6 days a month. Unless I decide riding is more fun than driving, and sell everything.

@fuzzyelm1

Жыл бұрын

@@rickallen1908 of you work your truck less than 8 days in thirty then you do not have to have elog ! But that’s not 8 days a month it’s 8 days in any thirty

Banning. I always parked at the dinos and waited for the scale to back up, then garbed gears and rolled as fast as I could. This was back in the 80s and 90s.

@hillbilly8112

2 жыл бұрын

I ate many chili burgers there.

@KinqDice

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. I’m from LA and no one I know stops at this scale, I think I stopped once when I got my license and once I found out they don’t chase I haven’t stopped since.

@5FaLlEn5

2 жыл бұрын

@@KinqDice Don't give the secrets away 😉

@darrenhanson7696

2 жыл бұрын

@@KinqDice can't they read your pre pass? Im not sure... just curious. I'd love to run scales more often 👍

@KinqDice

2 жыл бұрын

@@darrenhanson7696 no sir, that’s a myth lol. I run some that when there is a prepass and tell me to pull in, I ignore it and go on about my day. Have never had an issue. Only time I did get pulled over was in Idaho at a large scale but I’m talking about scales you are familiar with or know someone that runs them often.

I've gone over the one on I-10 at Banning several times and haven't had any issue - BUT I'm empty headed into Mira Loma for a load. I also don't keep a lot of crap on the dash. Keeping a clean dash seems to help me NOT get pulled in, and a DOT guy once told me that if the driver has a bunch of sh!t on the dash they pull them in because it's likely the paperwork, logs, or something else isn't done properly.

@jennifurzoe1302

2 жыл бұрын

Keep it as clean as you can and it could be an obstruction of your vision.

@keithevans2660

2 жыл бұрын

Never had trouble. Love driving the cochella valley

@ArizonaChris96

2 жыл бұрын

I had a bad experience with them once back in 2005 but I think it was because my company had a bad reputation so it was manditory to pull those trucks in and nit pick and harrass and threaten. Ever after that though with other companies Ive driven for I never had a problem with them.

@bixby9797

Жыл бұрын

Always my thing. Clean dash, clean floor, clean truck. You would be surprised how many inspections I've had over the years were just glancing over stuff while the dirtbags were pulled over for a full inspection.

They way I beat the scale at Banning was this. I slowed to 55 mph and let all the fast runners fill up the ramp and I slid on by without stopping. An NFI driver taught me that years ago. Worked every time.

@greggpoppabich9281

2 жыл бұрын

Me 2 but, I slow down 2 like 45 or 40 mph bcuz I'm usually heavy cumn up that hill westbound & I git passed up anyway....✌🏽😁❤

@martinkeehn1108

2 жыл бұрын

Kentucky has chase cars for drivers that skip

@m.e.m.jr.4294

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinkeehn1108 if its full u dont need to stop so dont think u ever dove

@martinkeehn1108

2 жыл бұрын

@@m.e.m.jr.4294 son I've been driving in the 80's before my children and back driving after the last one graduated.

@m.e.m.jr.4294

2 жыл бұрын

@@martinkeehn1108 lol good so you know dot is not going to run you down if its full. Btw with everything that has changed thru years in truck driving where do you think truck driving is at now?

One way to avoid being pulled in is have nothing on your dash, lights on , go dead slow on the scale. I’ve only been pulled in twice in 10 years

On the Wyoming scale, seen many drivers pull around, wait 5 minutes, then leave. Never go inside.

@Lrules364

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, i did that recently, but thats because I've never been that far out west. I corrected the issue when i left Wyoming that same day by pulling in to show my paperwork.

@Vmaxfodder

2 жыл бұрын

Ever get into an accident there, or pulled over , and you're not in their system?? Ouchy . They only seem to check reg.

@rong9404

2 жыл бұрын

I think that works in most , if not all of them.

@malcolmmetzler6726

2 жыл бұрын

Did that all the time going westbound after they killed the color coordinated cowboy sticker for computer tracking. Before that, we just kept every color cowboy and stuck the correct color in the windshield. East bound, since that port was jointly operated with Utah, you couldn't get away with it.

@5:40 this is why a lot of truckers have left the industry and now the whole Country is desperate for goods and wondering why nobody wants to drive a truck!

@michaelchason9170

2 жыл бұрын

One more ticket and I'm leaving. We have opposition from the law and people to serve and work. Things need to be seen about but there is an over kill point to a job. Starts to be a pride mode over a job performed well. Shows when a person is lazy and a person who does their job.

@markmcallister7076

2 жыл бұрын

100% correct

@michaelchason9170

2 жыл бұрын

I learned a warning is not a ticket. Not even on your record. A warning is no ticket

@fuzzyelm1

2 жыл бұрын

No good driver left over this crap ! Only you newbies believe this crap ! Drivers do t have a CSA score

@rickallen1908

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, once upon a time, truckin was fun.

You hit the nail on the head. Banning is the worst always has been even back in the 80’s

Very concise and to the point. Not a bunch of drama just the facts. I greatly appreciate this. I will go 100 miles out of my way to keep from Crossing Banning.

The scale in Wyoming I only went across once, that was when I was doing OTR training with US Xpress, the officer there was pretty nice and when I saw a Security Forces badge (Myself being a air force cop) we immediately started talking and soon we became friends. So that's my only experience I had there.

Man I hear you but I’m from Florida and even weekends and late nights the weigh stations be open and pulling you in for what they say this is just a random inspection like damn really again. Lucky I’ve always passed those easy level 3 inspections going back home. Keep up the good content and good work 👍

@TheSylvesterruelas

2 жыл бұрын

I left few days ago from Florida, dot was in the rest areas doing inspections.

@pinkflydnt

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen FL weigh stations open on Christmas day!

@boatlover2296

2 жыл бұрын

Florida Ohio New York sucks

@andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSylvesterruelas they love doing that in Tennessee as well.

The one that is in Maryland is great for heavy haul carriers. They love heavy haul carriers. Although it is rarely open, it is a heavy work zone when it is open.

True and informative for new drivers…

I actually had a good (funny) experience at Banning one night, they were on a paperwork fetish that night so about every third truck was pulled in for paperwork inspection. I got my paperwork went inside, about 5-6 standing in line. I happen to notice the trucks were just rolling thru the scales, then I saw a Trooper trying to put paper in printer that printed the scale info for the desk. He would put the paper in, feed it up thru the printer, then as he leaned forward to hit start the toe of his boot would go down on the paper stack, causing it to rip out, time after time this happened, I tap the driver in front and showed him, then all of us were watching trying not to laugh..... I sure we all LMAO all the way to LA!

@MisterMikeTexas

2 жыл бұрын

"Let me see your papers". That so sounds like Nazi Germany. Y'all should go on a national strike, and refuse to work until the federal government makes beneficial changes.

I passed you on I80 AS you were being pulled into the scale in Evanston (the I80 port you mentioned.) I pass that port every other day as I bounce between Denver and salt lake for the majority of my loads. I think I’ve been doing this for 2 years now and have only been pulled into that port twice. Here’s a note though for everyone… keep a clean truck, your paper work NEAT and tidy in the folder, and keep your securement tight and right and those guys will call you in once in a great while and won’t bug you much.

@usdpaulp

2 жыл бұрын

Same experience. Never been bothered there.

@jamestroyer7024

2 жыл бұрын

That scales is actually pretty awesome. All they want to see is paperwork.

@kyleparker733

2 жыл бұрын

Best advice yet. 👌 💯. And don't run around scales. DOT know the routes used to do that and will randomly set up somewhere along the way, waiting for the ones that do. They will march u to the scales and do a level 1 inspection. Guarantee u that will be the costliest inspection ever

@bixby9797

Жыл бұрын

Ha! I actually was day dreaming for some reason and almost missed that scale. I stopped on the shoulder and was contemplating backing up when the scale on the CB must have read my mind. "Don't back up" Gee, sorry you want me to bring my paperwork in? No, just don't do it again. lol.....

out of a preponderance of caution, i avoid all weigh stations

@michaelchason9170

2 жыл бұрын

Trying to avoid west bound I 30 Vernon Texas.

@michaelchason9170

2 жыл бұрын

I never had a problem running to north of Dallas on us82 but it's 50 to 90 miles north out of route.

@brianlanders5306

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelchason9170 : Nothing is out of route when it comes down to possibly getting shut down for some bull💩 reason. New Mexico is one of them. I'd rather go across 160 in Colorado to avoid New Mexico, but you better have mountain driving experience because of Wolf Creek Pass, that's something you have to be aware of and carry good chains from Sept. to May if you go that way, and it's a beautiful drive and not much traffic.

@dustinbanneddotvideo2082

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

Great video! Thanks a lot!

Great video 👍🏻👍🏻

Going into Arizona heading west. Those d bags gave me the stupidest ticket I ever got in my life. My mud flap hanger was slightly bent. And I mean barley even noticeable. On the trailer. The mud flap itself was perfectly fine. Almost new. But the hanger bar was cock eyed. It effected nothing. But still.... D bags pulled me in and wrote me up for it. I sat there pointing out trucks with no mud flaps what so ever that drove thru and not one of them was stopped. I asked why is he giving me a ticket when several trucks went thru with no mud flaps. He wouldn’t say a word and just kept writing. I just took my ticket and left. Absolute d bag of u ask me.

@bajaboy27

2 жыл бұрын

We always made sure we crossed through there late at night or before 5am before they open.

@ArizonaChris96

2 жыл бұрын

Those scales you mentioned actually got theyre rear ends spanked hard by the higher up authorties over them. This happened in early 2000-2003 time period.. Those scales were writing over weight tickets, they wrote enough that it was making a lot of drivers as well as the trucking companies mad as hell. There was drivers who were smart enough to get a cat scale weight ticket as proof they were within the legal limit but as soon as they crossed those scales in Arizona they were immediately issued an over weight violation. This happened enough that finally the dot department that over sees all the other scale houses which operate in every state making sure they are conducting duties legally. Well big daddy reviewed an endless list of complaints that they decided they better find out what was going on. They weighed a few trucks prior before sending them through that scale house.. sure enough those trucks got popped for being over weight. That was the evidence Big daddy was looking for to take the next step and an investigation was quickly conducted. They determined that the scales had not been calibrated in over 3 years. Its manditory thatvevey state weigh station has theyre scales calibrated often so that it reads true. For 3 years they illegally collected money off of the backs of a lot of drivers and trucking companies. Arizona had to pay out a massive fine, the people incharge of running those scales wound up in a lot of hot water, and were fired. As part of the agreement after getting spanked, they could not weigh trucks crossing those scales for 3 years.

Bro, Great video! Also very informative and accurate. In 1974, my parents moved to to small desert town in California. As a kid I can remember truck drivers complaining about the Banning scale. That scale was number one on your list. In the future please warn us if your going to use big words like cognitive. Lol. We are truck drivers Mr. Academic. Lol. One last thought was when you mentioned, the possible air leak. Come on bro if you have that bad of an air leak you deserve a level 1. Straight up bro that ain't safe. Again great video and content. You keep posting and I'll stay driven. ☮️ from Cali.

thanks for the heads-up.

Good information!!!!!

The scale that you mentioned in Maryland on 68 should definitely be on the list. I could never get across it without being inspected.

@yosefshawarma3739

Жыл бұрын

That's why I always took a nap at the TA in Valley Grove, WV, and went by at night while they're closed.

It is disgusting the way truck driver's are treated. Totally unnecessary IMO. The real issue is distracted driving by the general public ie. phones. The DOT harassment of truck driver's is wrong. Thanks for exposing this with your vids!

@brianhoppenrath8379

Жыл бұрын

Inspections are important, but when they give you a ticket for a Tom Tom go on your windshield because it obstructed, that’s bullshit. Oh by the way, I see a lot of truck drivers playing with their phones, a lot of cars too.

@MoragTong_

10 ай бұрын

Dude...I drive 2-3k miles a week and I see just as many "professional" drivers on there damn phones. Watched a guy hauling a load of new cars side-swipe an Oregon State trooper, then hit the pickup the trooper had pulled over, then drive right over the embankment on I-84...all because he was on his phone.

Love the Vault Boy T-shirt! And, the information.

It's so funny how you said about Banning, cause that's when I would plan to go through it, DURING BUSY TIME!!!! SO I CAN JUST GET ON THROUGH...

Hey Brian, there is a Port of entry I 94 east bound coming in from North Dakota into Minnesota state line , always open weekends and holidays and the scale prepass almost never flash green light. And its always a level 1 if they pull you around the back.

@RenKnight347

2 жыл бұрын

@Artur Khazin I haven't driven professionally since 2008 but when I was a newbie (circa 1992), at that time, someone had made mention that that very particular P.O.E. was one of several that they used as a D.O.T. training location which was one of the reasons for it not usually ever being closed. Never looked into it enough to confirm that tidbit of information. The only other stations that I tried my best to stay away from, back in the day was the one up in Williston, ND (Westbound) and (act surprised 😮) Gilroy, CA. Don't know if these locations are still up and running or not. Never got written up or shutdown but when you're trying to make time especially when they've decided to pull you in for a full D.O.T. random inspection, it just makes for a very long day!

@jamesaustin2836

Жыл бұрын

I 94 coming in from WI used to be rught up there. I retired 12 years ago.

35 years of driving and only got pulled around back one time in banning. The worst one I ever experienced was on old highway 71 outside of ashdown Arkansas.

Frostburg Maryland has a hard on for oversize loads. Ran many years across there coming out of Dundalk Marine Terminal with OD loads and then back to Dundalk, Frostburg loves their height pole and measuring tape.

I agree with you on the first 2. Couple more is the Cottonwood Scale in California and the one going North out of San Fransisco.

Chowchilla near Le Grand, California on highway 99 north bound is one of the worst

@JeffKelm1981

2 жыл бұрын

I avoid that one like the plague. Take 152 to 59 into Merced then back on 99

@robertpolkamp

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeffKelm1981 Worth the detour.

@kdlev4903

2 жыл бұрын

I hate the Chowchilla scales with a passion, Banning, Cordelia, and Cottonwood are all bad but Chowchilla is worse than the others put together. Easy bypass now though, take Planada/ Mariposa exit on north end of Chowchilla, go about 2 miles to the first left, turn left, follow the road to next ramp & get back on the freeway.

In 17yrs of trucking, I've only recieved one overweight ticket (over on the trlr axles) and that was in Bulls Gap, TN on I-81 south just south of exit 23. Virginia has let me adjust but Tennessee would not.

@Street_Tractor59

2 жыл бұрын

Bulls Gap is a real doozy. I try to get by there before they open of the morning. I generally don’t worry about scales but they will find something one way or the other

The scale on I 65 north in Tennessee just past the Alabama state line are always open and doing inspections!,they got me one time at 4am for a level 1 inspection!,I haven't been across that scale since.

Hi, I'm new to the chanel did you forget the one in San Simón on I-10 in Arizona, it's always open until very late and they always give a lot of tickets

The I-71S scale has been closed a lot the past few months for some reason. I use the drivewise app n get a bypass 99% of the time unless it's a mandatory hazmat pull in.

we just went over this today in our cdl class and thats what our instructor told us is to take the ticket and we where all confused how a ticket is better then a warning thank you for that clarification

@fuzzyelm1

2 жыл бұрын

But did your instructors tell you that drivers have a CSA score ? If they did then they lied ! And yes you can’t do a que on warning , but drivers do not have a score

Good 👍 weight scale information

Hey Mr Driven..good morning and SALUTE 🇺🇸...I'm one of Missouri's newest commercial driver license holders...now its decision time for me..lol.. preciate the video

scales east and west in Wisconsin on 90 and 94 got pulled over the scale 2 times with an empty trailer on the same day

Well State Patrol from various states weigh stations made me quit trucking . I do not need the hassle, I quit under a personal protest. Meanwhile criminals are running wild and police don't do anything. Truckers are easy prey for revenue.

@markmcallister7076

2 жыл бұрын

It's harassment plain and simple. The real "safety" issue on the roads is distracted driving related to phones

@CrotchRocket78

2 жыл бұрын

Which is why they do it, its good people that pay the price for bad. Why put effort in to chase the bad guy who will make it hard versus the good guy who will roll over and take it.

Back when I ran only scale I had to cross was Utah on 80.... jersey to the shaky..... beehive gave me the most trouble

the weigh station in truckee ca, coming from reno nv, is always opened. weigh stations going north bound from san diego, on the 5 and on the 15, are usually opened as well.

The I -68 Frostburg MD scale is always actively looking. I personally haven’t had any trouble with them, but I’ve seen quite a few pulled around 😳

@barryklinedinst6233

2 жыл бұрын

I got pulled in their the first time I went through

@1outlawtrucker

2 жыл бұрын

Gee MAYBE BECAUZE OF 13 MILE HILL DUMASSES DONT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE ON IT

@larrywashington1770

2 жыл бұрын

I 95 MARYLAND BOTH SIDES ESPECIALLY NORTH BOUND AND I 70 WEST FROM 95

Banning has nothing on Chowchilla, CA on 99 north. Open 24/7 and inspection bays are open a lot. Worth the 25 mile detour.

@randomvideozz3140

4 ай бұрын

Get on Le Grand before reaching the scale do it all the time and haven’t been in a scale in 3 years AVOID chowchilla weigh station

Thanks for Wyoming Plug, Lot of road construction wide loads been clipping

Hello sir, not related to this video but im follower of yours and i just seen you at the flyin j in sullivan, mo. Couldnt get to the radio in time to say hello. Have a good day.

Funny, my first thought was Banning. Got to be pretty bad when you sell souvenirs saying " I survived the Banning scales" don't know if they still do that anymore.

@gavnonadoroge3092

2 жыл бұрын

looks like no one survives them anymore

@adammcdonald3632

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen the Banning souvenirs since Pilot took over the Giant in NM.

@bluecollarjedi7600

2 жыл бұрын

@@adammcdonald3632 I stopped driving in 05, right before the hours of service rules were changed, so yeah, it's been a while.

What some drivers (and the personnel at the scales) forget is that the scales serve as a way to warn not just for safety purposes, but the road conditions as well. A place in Tacoma, WA had this intersection by the port with CLEAR GROOVES from heavy vehicle traffic. One fun and interesting fact is that (from my experience) military trucks seem to be exempted from scales. Probably because it’s the Federal Government and/or the loads are pretty much set and secured. This was over 20 years ago. Maybe not much has changed since. Truck safely! 😎🇺🇸💯

@terryjohnson8317

Жыл бұрын

Military vehicles are exempt from federal emission standards and have right of way over everything on the interstate since the federal interstate was made for national defense

Brian, I really appreciate your videos!! what O/O w/ Authority office Management program do you recommend?

I used to go across Wyoming every week, for the past 3 almost 4 years, only been pulled in for a paperwork check a handful of times. Even during the day.

How do you check your CSA points? Ive got stopped for a low pressure tire..

I've been through that Wyoming scale thousands of times. All they do is make people park and bring papers in. They look at your registration and record what you're hauling. I have never been longer than 5 minutes and that was because I was waiting behind someone. I have never been inspected there. I think it is quite an easy port.

@umberct

2 жыл бұрын

Love Wyoming

@chriswarrington6502

Жыл бұрын

Plus if the yellow light is flashing across from the office it states drivers not needing permits may exit, been seeing that more and more there. Plus they're usually closed during the night and you can park there to get your 10 in

I drove past that scale in Wyoming for the last 3 years and it's not open that often early morning. Not knowing what to do until recently every time I got pulled in I just drove into and right out the parking lot. Smh.. thank God I never got a ticket for doing that.

nice shirt dude!!!

I ran for the feds and got pulled into the port in Loma, they don't know how to act when you have plates that don't expire and you have a little card that has a phone number in DC that says call if you have any questions. they screwed me around for about an hour before they let me go.

@anitakristensen4679

Жыл бұрын

Back in the mid 90s I had a chance to ride with a friend to take a empty trailer to leave outside of cook city , in Yellowstone park. We had to stop by the forest service building and they put government plates on the tractor and trailer. We then dropped the trailer and Bob tailed back to the forest service building and they got thier plate off of the tracktor.

Company I work for has good enough csa scores we get to bypass a lot of scales

I-81 southbound in Tennessee south of exit 23! They never close and love to inspect. And I-12 in Louisiana near Hammond both directions east and west always checking ppw!

Used to go through Banning twice a week hauling produce into LA back in the 90's. Kept my truck clean, good tires and mechanically sound, never had any problems.

I wouldn’t exactly call it the worst but through DC where 95 and 495 merge that weigh station is always open when I come through now. Only problem is most of the time I just pass through but Maryland dot seems to target box trucks A LOT. It’s hit or miss on 95 north of Manassas.

@pointnIaugh

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is a bad one.

Maryland I95 right near the Tydings Bridge. They're always trying to slow you up. Then they park undercover cars up the road, pull you over after you blow the scale. Safety in numbers!!

@timphillips2397

2 жыл бұрын

Shit I blow that one all the time fuck em lol

@goldentrucker7921

2 жыл бұрын

@@timphillips2397 I laugh every time I skip it. Usually my buddy & I skip it Coming back from New Windsor.

I’ve been pulled into rest areas in New York for inspection. I think it’s Brunswick GA on 95 is a dot training place. They get a lot there. Going in and out of Florida on 95 they got the weight station and agricultural inspection and both pull you in

Got a Level 1 at that East Bound station in Wyoming, guy was really nice!

Donners pass scale. Usually, I'm bypassed but a couple of years back I had four inspections in four weeks. Keep in mind, I hit the scale at 0300 each time, so they were bored. Clean bill each time, but it made me late.

@TheSylvesterruelas

2 жыл бұрын

After passing the inspection what do you do with the paperwork. Do you need to email fmcsa to report it?

@mackdog3270

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSylvesterruelas in my case, I send them in to my company and they take care of it. Unless of course there's an issue with my truck, that's on me to get it fixed. If you're an O/O, I'm not sure what needs to be done. Maybe send the paperwork to the same place you'd send your logs?

@adammcdonald3632

2 жыл бұрын

@@mackdog3270 if you're an O/O doing your own compliance, it just goes in a file. Driver file for driver violations, truck or trailer maintenance file for equipment.

@kdlev4903

2 жыл бұрын

If you had a clean inspection you would have gotten a inspection sticker in your window, they would not bother you again for a minimum of 30 days. All you would have to do is tell them you have been inspected and passed within last 30 days and they legally have to let you go.

1- California 2- Georgia 3-Missouri 4-Mississippi

@stanleyshughart5914

2 жыл бұрын

Forsyth GA. Uuuugh. Where they train all the new creeper cops. Is a pain.

@Finx436

2 жыл бұрын

Luka, MS is so f...up

Any port off entry in Wyoming you have to going in and show your bill of lading. Along as your load doesn't change while traveling through the state you can bypass the scale.

Northbound US-59 coming into Texarkana TX from the south this one when they are open has been known to do constant inspections. They have also been known to be open at night, sometimes well into the midnight hour.

@demondwilliams8542

9 ай бұрын

Yeah Queen city caught me slipping once. 😂

Yep the Wyoming one where I got my first corrected ticket my only ticket since I been driving due to being 8 pounds over weight plus they made me buy a over weight permit after sliding my tatums and fixing it ….like whyyy did I need to buy a permit for 60 bucks if I’m not over weight no more lol

@kdlev4903

2 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean 800 pounds overweight? NO state will issue a ticket for less than 200- 1000 pounds. With Wyoming it is ALL about money, if your load is 1/8 inch over 60' they will fine you and make you buy a oversize permit.

Don’t stop at the scale. If every truck rolls on by they won’t be able to do anything about it. Our trucks keep this country running and yet they treat us like trash trying to take our money through “violations”, expensive fuel, and cheap rates. We need to stop letting them take advantage of us

@closerthanabrother9703

9 ай бұрын

You sir……………….. Are 100% correct. I wish more people understood this concept: the more you comply, the more power you give away to the ones who steal your freedoms one by one. The thought is “well if I comply like the good little citizen that I am, then I’ll be a good boy that they are proud of”. Couldn’t be further from the truth. Human nature and the nastiness of it all, makes sure of that. Power corrupts, so the first time you cede your own free-will to someone else’s arbitrary wishes, is the first time you’ve just given into a form of slavery to another man.

@beng3988

6 ай бұрын

This is foolish advice and akin to trying to outrun the police. I saw a trucker blow past one and he was chased down, then had a bad attitude and was charged a $5000 fine. They can charge you for failure to obey a traffic control device. It can severely impact your career because you do not have a legal leg to stand on.

Yeah Banning, CA is the worst another one that harrassed me a lot is Lordsburg, NM going Eastbound they sometimes search inside your truck for weapons, unbelievable

Bland, VA on I-77 is always pulling in trucks, and let's not forget the super coop in Indiana on I-70 eastbound (Richmond, IN).

I got an overweight ticket hauling cattle at that one in Maryland at like 3am.

@JP-vw7pb

2 жыл бұрын

Did they expect you to weight each animal before loading? Did they want you to make sure the animals didn’t move during your travels to make sure there was “load shift”? That ticket seems ridiculous.

Saint Clair, MO. Gave me a ticket for the "contrast" letters and numbers on my truck. It actually took 3 officer's 1 held the tape measure, while another walked off the "proper" distance and held that end on the lettering. And last one had the flashlight and moved his head side to side. And determined it was a violation. The lettering was maroon with silver outline. I got it dropped but WTF.

@TheSylvesterruelas

2 жыл бұрын

Damn that’s crazy

Any scale in ky can be tough but especially the scale coming out of Evansville Indiana going into Kentucky.

Driving for Schneider, on their Floor & Decore account, I use to go through banning just about every other day, back and forth to Phoenix, AZ and Moreno Valley, CA. I went through that weigh station only once. No inspection no problem. The only one I ever got inspected at was on I-5 ("The Grape Vine) in Labec, CA. The inspector couldn't find anything wrong.

Port of entry scales in Wyoming are always open because all the overweight/oversized permits are paid at the scale if I'm not mistaken

@PzVox

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I believe they’re the only state where you have to call in with your measurements ahead of time and let them know you’re coming then buy the permit in person. It’s stupid but they have pretty nice DOT people to be fair (Sheridan Port Of Entry)

@stephencobb7287

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah when you call in they will give you a code to tell them when you get there. I use to haul the big tires to the mines. I think there still 25 dollars for the permit. Unless they changed it.

@Lakeshorein

2 жыл бұрын

Yes show paperwork and move on also if you have prepass which is I have last 3 times I got bypass

@poppiarlin5612

2 жыл бұрын

Your are correct

@randyrawdingii5135

2 жыл бұрын

They're gonna get their money so yeahhh we're open🙄

This was a good one maybe a part 2 ?? And Alma, Kansas going west is mine I got put in the woman’s little black book lol 🤟🏻 over weight hauling cattle 🐮

@gavnonadoroge3092

2 жыл бұрын

maybe she needs some loving

@travisstoneking4049

2 жыл бұрын

@@gavnonadoroge3092 She seemed to be getting all kinds of loving with how many names was in that little book

I live in riverside ca. banning is always open coming in on the 10. The one SB on i15 just south of nv state line is always open as well.

Dunsmuir, CA I 5 South first scale you hit south of Oregon is Banning but worse. I haven't had to cross it in a long time, thank goodness.

We love your passion for sharing knowledge and being honest and straightforward and you have a natural ability to talk about anything and telling stories intriguingly and captivating. Some older heads tell me that their age group doesn't share the knowledge to younger generation because most of them had to learn firsthand and hard way. Like they say "the game is to be sold, not told! Most people don't agree with that mentality towards younger people and choosing to not help because they hold grudges for being treated the way they were. Jesus is not like that, so I know that's not right.

@fuzzyelm1

2 жыл бұрын

We do not share our Knowledge because these Newfie’s do not comprehend just like the lies the bastard in the video! There is no CSA score fir drivers ! Fmcsa only gives points to companies ! That’s just a fact that most people don’t comprehend!

@hbkharbek8226

2 жыл бұрын

Driving is experience. You don't just jump behind the wheel of a big CMV and automatically know how to drive. You can be taught and told, even shown the basics... but that doesn't make you experienced enough on a 10% downgrade, in an automatic ( many not knowing it can manual shift also ) to know letting it coast to 80+ mph with a 45mph curve coming up is NOT the thing to do. You see the newly replaced guard rails where this occurs. Common sense isn't instilled in many... you get accidents. You can talk, show, explain all you want... if the person isn't receptive, they're gonna have problems - even accidents. All it takes is you to turn that wheel a slight too quick for a wind gust to catch you at that exact moment and - over you go.

Go through any Wyoming port of entry and you must take in paper work but it’s very easy and never had a problem. The port of entry in California from Nevada I 15 is the worst.

@adammcdonald3632

2 жыл бұрын

Is that the new one they built a few years ago? It was still under construction in 2015 last time I was out there

@KJ-qc3qd

2 жыл бұрын

@@adammcdonald3632 Yea that’s the one. If you don’t have a sticker on your windshield they will pull you in and do a compete level 3 inspection.

I always look 4 that green light on "Pre-pass" when on tha 10 cumn n2 SoCal but, sumtimes on tha way home I go really slow 2 let ery1 pass me up so tha onramp is full & would make it unsafe 2 enter but, I don't like any scale on tha West coast or Cali....especially Cali. ✌🏽😁❤

Spokane, WA was the worst for me. About 10 years ago I pulled dedicated freight and was coming through Spokane every week. They used to inspect me every other time

I84 in Connecticut at both ends of the state. And I95 outside Kittery Maine.

@briandiffenderfer1606

2 жыл бұрын

Sucks coming in I 84 or 684 you get a dbl from NY and CT sometimes😒

Best way to pass the Wyoming port of entery is to go directly to the parking lot. Do not go on their scale. Go to the right side of the building directly to the parking area. That is the one before Chayenne

@mackdog3270

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if you're directed to the parking lot, otherwise you could be in trouble.

@jerrysantos6484

2 жыл бұрын

@@mackdog3270 not the eats bound. The west bound. They basically use the scale for heavy haulers. Keep an eye on it and you eill see. Scale is for those buying trip permits only and heavy haul.all others bear right.

yesss!! banning weigh station i know very well, and yess its always open. also the loma Colorado weigh station i know pretty well too cuz i have got an inspection there about a month ago.

I want to give a heads up to East Coast truckers. NYC is installing a pilot program on the BQE which will electronically enforce overweight vehicles on the expressway.