Truck bound for drilling site 49.7 tons overweight; company fined $31304

I live not to far from there and before I even clicked on the post I had a pretty good idea where it happened.....The DOT is really working that area hard (obviously), and I guess they have a major woody for Haliburton also...

 

I remember hearing that in another state when they tried to completely void the permit, and then fine them for everything over 80K, they found that was illegal.

But if we use they same logic, if a LEO ever does anything wrong, can he also be charged with impersonating an officer?

 

should have made two loads out of it and been legal and thats the biggest problem today with trucking. It common practice to "cheat a little" and make things work.

 

"Financially, that's a killer for us," said Joseph Latona, owner of Latona Trucking. gee ya think? dawg gone

 

How do you make 2 loads out of it??
They did not show picture of load. But if large pipelayer or such it is common practice to move machine complete.
To strip some units take 1 or 2 days.

That is why permits are used..

Somebody tried to short cut the permits or given the wrong info.

Then also I believe they were on a low weight road.

Need seprate permits from county or townsip for that..

To my understanding there has been a battle going on it that area about the drilling and pipeline work going on.

Most states when busted on permit weights will go back to 80K

Then start fines for over gross over axle grouping and such.

Plus then if you are wide and high, they fine for that also..
It can get real ugly..

Then being on a low weight road, they fine for the overage of weight over the posted weight..

 

Yes permit null and void if over the permit size.

Most states run that way, up to the officer or scale man.

Some states will fine you for being over the permit dims and then make you get a new permit for the correct size and weights.

Can still get real costly.

Plus then getting new permits will take forever seeing how the state knows you got busted for the wrong permit and can take days to redo.

Then if what they call a super load, it has to go tp the bridge department for each district for review.

One district can kick it out and you have to start all over again.

 

Over bearing Zealots, and some day, just like it happened in Russia less than 100 years ago, they are going to be wondering why 100 mill. people have died of Starvation in the US. There won't be a business left in this land because of over regulations!