FedEx Freight | Weight question

No more than 12000 lbs in the front of any trailer (pup,G, or X) that is pulled with a single axle tractor and 23000 lbs in the back half of any van with tandems. I work with a lot of hero’s that will drag in 45000 on a van and run to the office to let leadership know they saved the day for them.
That's the problem with the Brown Nose Super Trucker's of today. They don't consider the consequences if something happens.
 
I know a lot of guys who still milk the food warehouses. One guy at my old barn loved volunteering for it because it was the only city job FXFC paid a rate on... because it always took at least 6 hours. He'd go over there, make 8 or 10 hours out of it in his straight truck, burn almost no fuel and bring home a decent pay.
 
I have been told I am "creating problems" when attempting to talk to leadership about the overweight trailers at switch accounts. I just learned our center handles 50 or more switches per day at customer locations. I know most of them are heavy, chemical, hand cleaner, paper, etc. We have a new center manager now that seems to be much more safety centric, instead of talking safety and looking the other way when unsafe things occur. Maybe things will change soon and we can get our customers educated regarding loading them them legal for single axle tractors.
 
Not long ago I was loaded to deliver a 24K load. Scaled at 28K on the drive. Whole first half was loaded with totes: Nothing on the back half.

Not long ago another LTL driver was telling me he got a overweight ticket near Baltimore on Rt1. Loaded with coil and was way overweight. Cop stopped him. He asked the cop how he knew he was overweight. Cop said, "Your mudflaps are dragging the ground." :)
I definitely know the feeling about mud flaps dragging the ground! Hooked to my trailer the other day and the guy that loaded it said "I put 6 totes in the nose so it's pretty heavy". I took a look at my manifest and the total weight for the trailer was 44,324#'s. It sucks when you leave out from the terminal overwheight.
 
I definitely know the feeling about mud flaps dragging the ground! Hooked to my trailer the other day and the guy that loaded it said "I put 6 totes in the nose so it's pretty heavy". I took a look at my manifest and the total weight for the trailer was 44,324#'s. It sucks when you leave out from the terminal overwheight.

Tell the family , the judge and the cops that when it breaks or you slam it into something because you CAN'T stop in time.
 
Tell the family , the judge and the cops that when it breaks or you slam it into something because you CAN'T stop in time.
So would you refuse to run that route? I just started at this center a few months ago. You know how it is to be new, just don't know how to go about telling the SCM that I refuse to do something.
 
Nope they will punish you , count on it. I broke the law almost every day where I come from Buddy , suck it up , truck safe...
 
So would you refuse to run that route? I just started at this center a few months ago. You know how it is to be new, just don't know how to go about telling the SCM that I refuse to do something.
6 totes in the nose? Plus over gross? Absolutely refuse to do it.

The better question is, how can a SCM ask YOU to pull such a load? You'd be over on drives ALL day.

A dispatcher might whine, but a Center Manager should know better. Education, again, works both ways. H/R or Safety may need to be brought in. You cannot be required to skirt the regulations. If you do, it's on you.
 
6 totes in the nose? Plus over gross? Absolutely refuse to do it.

The better question is, how can a SCM ask YOU to pull such a load? You'd be over on drives ALL day.

A dispatcher might whine, but a Center Manager should know better. Education, again, works both ways. H/R or Safety may need to be brought in. You cannot be required to skirt the regulations. If you do, it's on you.
I agree!!! Thank you for the advice.
 
Seriously, before assuming the SCM wants you to pull it, disregard the dispatcher/supervisor, and go to Manager. You need to tell him, hey this load is over weight, 6 totes in nose, etc.Then see what he says.
 
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Seriously, before assuming the SCM wants you to pull it, disregard the dispatcher/supervisor, ang go to Managrr. You need to tell him, hey this load is over weight, 6 totes in nose, etc.Then see what he says.


As soon as you walk out of dispatch your new name will be ...
:crybaby: THEY WILL NEVER SAY IT TO YOUR FACE
 

As soon as you walk out of dispatch your new name will be ...
:crybaby: THEY WILL NEVER SAY IT TO YOUR FACE
Perhaps, BUT any Center Manager who pressures a driver to run illegal, has issues way beyond this. Probably just the tip if the iceberg.

Talking safety is one thing. Making it stick is up to the driver. You have the "authority" to say NO, in these cases.
 
If your overweight and you leave the yard it's on the driver. You hit someone and kill them you're the one that will be charged with manslaughter.
 
If your overweight and you leave the yard it's on the driver. You hit someone and kill them you're the one that will be charged with manslaughter.
That is the part most don’t understand. YOU, drove the truck off company property, knowing it was overweight. Not fedex, or the supervisor... Be prepared to pay a huge price if involved in an accident. Your fault, or not. The lawyers will find out everything. If like some say that the super tells you to take it? Go out to your truck, do not move it, and drop a dime to the state police motor carrier division. It is your license, not theirs....Like Dave says..Sheesh!!!!!
 
Picked up a rail the other day that was 27K on the drive and 37K on the tail. I would have had no idea what this thing was had it been overweight from the yard.
 
Can't tell them when they are not around conveniently.
True, but there is a chain of command. That chain goes up, above the Manager, or down to the Opps manager, supervisors, etc.

I'm not going to go on and on about it, but a couple points are worth mentioning.

1) NO one at FedEx Freight has the authority to tell the driver they must do anything which is unlawful, unsafe, or against actual Company Policy. Let that sink in just a bit...
2) Anyone who does pressure a driver into skirting the regulations, is putting that driver, the public, and the Company reputation, at risk. Such a person shows little respect for you, and deserve little in return. Education MIGHT change that.
3) If the driver fails to exercise their authority to say no, the situation will continue, uncorrected, with potential harm to others...

If ever in doubt, call The Main Office, before you do it.

With so many variables, degrees of insanity, and motives, specific questions on how to proceed could be done though the inbox, above, if confidentiality matters...
 
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