New member to the overloaded club, 53140 lbs!!!

[crispyboy]

I went back and read this thread and it is interesting. I can fully understand both sides of the argument but one part of the argument that doesn't seem to be brought forward is what it actually costs the guy who is doing all the overloading. Overloading happens everyday and people get by but after a while it's going to cost the operator, farmer or whomever more money that what it was worth on the overload.
One of my good friends is part of an "Axle Surgeon" franchise. He makes a pretty good living by replacing spindles, bearings and seals on all the overloaded and abused, pickup trucks, semi-trucks, trailers and machinery by folks who over load their equipment. There is a point of diminishing returns.

As for the fat lady - hopefully she was driving a 3/4 ton truck to handle the "overload" issue.

 

[RVTRKN]

You've got to do what you've got to do sometimes, and its experience that gets you through those times when your not quite legal. As for the OP, I'm willing to bet that the State Police turned their heads the the other way, knowing that an impending storm that caused the OP to move such weight was a legit reason to do that.

An example of this, would be a Semi tractor stuck on train tracks, and your CTD is the only pull truck available at the site. Would you say to the Semi, I'm sorry my CTD truck is not rated for your weight, or Hey I've got a strap heavy enough to pull you to safety. I wonder what opinion a State Policemen would take at the site if they were there?

My example of this, I was commercially towing at 23 GCVW with my 3500 C&C truck registered for 26K GCVW, when the electric brakes failed, not even half way to my destination (350 miles to go). The Brand New Weekend Warrior 5ver electrical plug shorted between the tail light and the trailer brake pins causing the brakes to lock up as soon as the brake lights lit up. So after determining what the problem was, I cut the brake wire leads to all three axles on the toy hauler so I would at least have trailer lights. I then finished the trip without trailer brakes traveling on I-15 through Nevada and Utah going up and over grades then pulling it in the Urban areas of Salt Lake. My choices at the time were to call dispatch and leave the 5ver at the Flying J where the problem began or hire a flat bed Semi to finish the trip or finish the trip without trailer brakes. Like I said you do what you've got to do sometimes.