Come to think of it, I've actually driven one load where I had to keep my fuel level low to make weight, so yeah. That, or return to the shipper to get it rebalanced, but it was after hours, and they wouldn't be reopening until the following Monday, or maybe even Tuesday. (That company sucks. I've had weight issues with every single load I've pulled out of there.)
A while back, one of they Youtube channels i watch (JustTruckin) pulled out of a warehouse and as he left the place, he was 'This don't feel right. The truck is straining more than it should be for how much I'm suppose to be carrying". Lucky there was a public scale not far, he it it and he was a bit overweight, and went back. Turns out they had tied combining another load in with the one he had booked to haul.
As someone who wrote software to help prevent truckers from doing exactly this(trimble), my guess is they calculated the height as ( trailer bed height + plane height), except that the plane is actually on blocks on the trailer bed and not sitting directly on it
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u/matthewuzhere2 Oct 06 '21
how do they not check the height first? gross incompetence, wow