> Rich wrote:
> Yeah I think you are correct in that analysis. I was all
> worried about the tires and the brakes and the engine and the
> tranny and all that, the only issue was going up those long
> mountain grades and the engine doing all it could to maintain
> 35mph. Everything else was fine
Yeah I think you are correct in that analysis. I was all worried about
the tires and the brakes and the engine and the tranny and all that, the
only issue was going up those long mountain grades and the engine doing
all it could to maintain 35mph. Everything else was fine, I had no
issues on
I stopped at truck stop with a scale when we went to pick up the 117
engine for the SLC - thought it would be cool to fill the van, wiegh
it empty, then do the same thing on the way back to find out how much
the engine weighed. They wanted $20 to weigh the van, so I decided
that I didn't want to kn
> Rich wrote:
>
> I determined the truck was 6000lb
> over whatever it said on the door it should be! YOW! I sorta
> wondered though if that "limit" was just way too low, being a
> rental and all, as the truck did not seem to have any problem
> with the load.
There are two different limits - engi
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At 02:18 PM 12/15/2008, you wrote:
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On a move from Boston to Houston I rented a 24ft box truck, loaded it up
with all my shop stuff and various other things. It struggled mightily
in the mountains to get up those long grades. I stopped for gas
somewhere, and there was a truck scale there, so I ran the truck over
it. I think th
It seems than at Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:01:00 -0500, Wilton wrote:
> 'Just make sure you're not over weight for your trailer
> license. 'May bring a ticket if you are.
Not just weight. Once there, they may look into license, tax,
mechanical inspection (brakes, lights, hitch), etc.
I may be paranoi
> Craig wrote:
> > I have thought about doing that at the truck stops that have
> > scales. Do you have to pay for that? Do you just drive up
> > on the scale or what?
>
> I would imagine that at a truck stop you would have to pay for
> it, though I can't imagine that it would be much. If you c
Or scrap metal/salvage/recycle facility?
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: "Wilton Strickland"
To: "mercedes"
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:29 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Using truck scales
> How 'bout weighing the rig at local
Wilton Strickland wrote:
How 'bout weighing the rig at local grain elevator?
I've done that a couple of times. When I needed a weigh slip to license a
trailer, they charged me $2. When I just wanted to know what the trailer
weighed, they just told me the weight and didn't charge anything.
T
How 'bout weighing the rig at local grain elevator?
Wilton
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On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:01:00 -0500 "Wilton Strickland"
wrote:
> 'Just make sure you're not over weight for your trailer license. 'May
> bring a ticket if you are.
You're right, Wilton. Though I didn't have much to worry about, Kaleb
might.
Craig
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'Just make sure you're not over weight for your trailer license. 'May bring
a ticket if you are.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: "Craig McCluskey"
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 1:45 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Using t
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:42:07 -0600 "Kaleb C. Striplin"
wrote:
> I have thought about doing that at the truck stops that have scales. Do
> you have to pay for that? Do you just drive up on the scale or what?
I would imagine that at a truck stop you would have to pay for it, though
I can't imagi
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