A civil court might think otherwise if you have an accident ... you are really rolling the dice
XPO Express
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They can do 5,000 if they wanted to...
Ok let me say this nicely. You keep talking about people not saying things that they don't know for sure. Well make sure you follow those rules also. Not all companies make you have a medical card.and there are plenty of companies that allow you to set the weight you choose to carry. Everyone can mis speak we have all done it as have you. Sometimes it's best just not to respond to a post or double read what you write before hitting the send button. I can't tell you how many.times I've typed.out a response to something said only to rewrite it or.completly delete it before posting. Take a step back take a deep breath and relax a little, it's good for the soul.
My soul is fine , Iam just saying all of the major players in this business require dot card and physical yes there are no name brokers that do whatever they want double book , force dispatch all kinds of bad crap but the one I mentioned will not let you work for them without dot
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See case in point. No sprinters should not haul lbs 4000 lbs and it will cause extra repairs to do it repeatedly. You want to point out others posting incorrect information but you are doing so. Just because you can put 4000 lbs on a vehicle and it moves down the road doesn't mean it's the correct and prudent thing to do. If a carrier tries to force you to then it's time to find a carrier who does not.
This isn't a personal attack I'm just trying to get you to understand there is differences in what all of us think we know at times and what is the true answer
That's not correct, I worked at load1 for five years and have a bunch of friends there including John. In a van you must pass the physical when you first sign on not after that unless dot requires it for your license. The company I currently work for does not require one and there is nothing below board about them, they also don't make me haul heavy.
No not always, you can take a dot physical with a normal operators license without getting a dot card.
You work there, where ????
I currently drive a straight for V3 and asked our sprinter drivers if a DOT medical card is required, Yes it is so that's straight from a current employee.
Does that Sprinter driver have a CDL? or have a hazmat endorsement?...
is it a one time shot like some carriers just for recruiting? or do they have to renew it like CDL holders have to?
Does XPO pay the repair bill if something bad happens because of that 4000 lbs load? 
When I was there that would never happen....upon recruitment they made you get a weigh ticket and they calculated your maximum weight...based on scale mine at that time was 2600 lbs that was with 2 people and gear...dispatch would never offer me anything over that...Does XPO pay the repair bill if something bad happens because of that 4000 lbs load?
Note... post #37 he stated he work at Tristate ..... post #50 he indicated he works at Load 1 ... at first he knew everything about XPO because a friend works there ....
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In most of the cases the shippers are the ones that overweight our trucks, not the dispatchers. But they'll never tell you the real weight when they know there's more than it was supposed to be...When I was there that would never happen....upon recruitment they made you get a weigh ticket and they calculated your maximum weight...based on scale mine at that time was 2600 lbs that was with 2 people and gear...dispatch would never offer me anything over that...Does XPO pay the repair bill if something bad happens because of that 4000 lbs load?
In most of the cases the shippers are the ones that overweight our trucks, not the dispatchers. But they'll never tell you the real weight when they know there's more than it was supposed to be...When I was there that would never happen....upon recruitment they made you get a weigh ticket and they calculated your maximum weight...based on scale mine at that time was 2600 lbs that was with 2 people and gear...dispatch would never offer me anything over that...Does XPO pay the repair bill if something bad happens because of that 4000 lbs load?
sometimes the dispatcher knows....the old 0 pieces, 0 weight that comes across....I call it the mystery load
An experienced driver knows when it is heavy....it doesn't take much of a brain the see the back end take a dive and multiply that by the number of skids....