straight truck without CDL

dalejr2988 · May 25, 2011

I have been ok to drive team for express 1 in a straight truck. But something seems fishy.. Its a straight truck with a dbl bunk sleeper, sink, tv/dvd. and a 24ft box. but its under CDL regulations.. with all of that stuff, it seems to be over 26001lbs. So what I m asking, is that possible?

Jefferson3000 · May 25, 2011

dalejr2988 said:
I have been ok to drive team for express 1 in a straight truck. But something seems fishy.. Its a straight truck with a dbl bunk sleeper, sink, tv/dvd. and a 24ft box. but its under CDL regulations.. with all of that stuff, it seems to be over 26001lbs. So what I m asking, is that possible?

Well, the TV/DVD thing probably doesn't weigh that much

, but if the truck has a sink with a water supply, it sure would sound fishy. Usually, the under cdl straights will either have a small "coffin" sleeper and 24' box, or a bigger sleeper, such as an 96", with only a 16 foot box. Kind of hard to have both and be able to carry more than 3-4000 lbs in it.

ts675 · May 25, 2011

Highly unlikely. Take it and scale it. That should have been done at the get go. How else would you know how much freight you could haul. Just remember that it is ultimately your drivers license that would suffer with a ticket for that.

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dalejr2988 · May 25, 2011

its a 24 foot box with a 60" sleeper and it can hold 10k lbs

Camper · May 26, 2011

dalejr2988 said:
its a 24 foot box with a 60" sleeper and it can hold 10k lbs

I would definitely have it scaled

tbcabs · May 26, 2011

I used to have a 26000 lb truck YOU NEED to go right NOW and have it scaled. We could only Haul around 9000 lbs at most ans we had the bunk built into the box. It was a 24 foot box that was converted. My guess is that you most likely can haul about 7000-7500 lbs with a team.

Dakota · May 26, 2011

I had a 26' daycab truck(no sleeper) and could only haul 8K legally

Jefferson3000 · May 26, 2011

dalejr2988 said:
its a 24 foot box with a 60" sleeper and it can hold 10k lbs

Yes, I would find out what you can scale in the truck. However, I would be more concerned about the GVWR rating right now. Forget what registered weight the cab card says and go look on the door jam. You can't fake that.

CharlesD · May 27, 2011

We have a straight with a 16' box and 96" sleeper and a GVW of 26k that we've had a couple different drivers in. With the last team we had in the truck and full fuel, we had a 7000 lb payload. I scaled it the other day with just myself and came up with 7200.

It would seem that anything under CDL would have to have the smaller box to have a decent payload.

dalejr2988 · May 27, 2011

It is actually a 60" sleeper with a 16 ft box.. I havent seen it yet but the guy I m teaming with got it wrong..

Jefferson3000 · May 27, 2011

dalejr2988 said:
It is actually a 60" sleeper with a 16 ft box.. I havent seen it yet but the guy I m teaming with got it wrong..

Very plausible that it is under CDL. Who is it leased to?

dalejr2988 · May 27, 2011

we are leased with express 1

westmicher · May 27, 2011

Express-1 Safety Department requires a scale ticket less than 1 month old and then they will check your sill plate GVW rating before they put the decals on and sign the truck lease. Was this already done and was it somehow falsified? At any rate, the DOT will catch up to you one day if it is wrong and explain how bad you've been. I wouldn't take any chances, know your truck's empty weight and GVW yourself, because you are responsible for it.