Something everyone sould be aware of

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Wheel Nut:
This technology is not new, they have had it at Beatock for quite a while now, they know who they are going to pull before you do :wink:

You can always get a very rough idea with a plate bridge by weighing each axle as you drive onto it, but as Geebee said you need the cooperation of the weigh man. before the ministry had axle weighers, that is what they did.

It gives VOSA an idea who are the bad lads and they can then target them more, saving your hardearned taxes

i agree you can get a rough idea of steer axle weight on a plate bridge but how does that tell you if you are over weight on one axle once you’ve pulled the unit on, especially a 6x2, drive axle?
the example they’ve given is a 4x2 over weight on the front axle although the gross is legal! that might be a bit of exaggerated journalism for impact but if it’s straight, then surely it’s a design fault with either the unit / trailer or both?
as for catching the bad lads? i would’ve thought it far more likely that the unsuspecting company driver, who couples up to a loaded trailer who’ll be caught out rather than any o/d who will always check the weights?

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I did say "it gives a very rough idea using a flat plate weighbridge.

All you can do is drive each axle onto the bridge and make a note of each weight, impossible to do with my truck as the liquid runs to the back when you move

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i dont know about the artic drivers but i have told my rigid driving colleagues to run on the the weighbridge if the paperwork is over 9 tonnes. the weight does not include the pallets/packaging so i have advised them to leave a safety margin too