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Old 08-03-2019, 11:29 AM   #1
Phil P
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Okeechobee
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M.O.C. #11206
FYI over weight can cost you

Hello All

Lane hogging

When I was driving 18 wheelers I kept telling the drivers that if they kept hogging the lanes on the 2 or 3 lane divided highways they would have lane restrictions.

They all laughed at me.

Now we all have lane restrictions and no one is laughing.

Wheel Bearings

I have posted her about wheel bearing problems and received the same treatment some even said I was lying.

So I posted pictures of the problem. Now no has commented on them.

Overloaded TV

I have posted about the coming problems that would happen if we kept overloading our Tow Vehicles.

Everyone laughed at me.

Well now you have it!!!!

Starting the last week in June of this year the Florida Highway Patrol started weighing pickup trucks that appeared to be overloaded.

The following information came from a company that test scales for accuracy.

The FHP would pull over a pickup that looked overloaded. Dispatch would run the VIN and provide the officer with the manufacturers weight ratings.

If the pickup was less than 10 percent or less over weight they issued a ticked. If greater than 10 percent they required the trailer to be towed buy a wrecker service.

The ones that got cute and called a friend with a bigger truck resulted in the friend being request to produce their DOT documents as a commercial vehicle.

Now no one is laughing

Phil
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