From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Fri Dec 31 2004 - 06:30:53 PST
Bjorn,
You mentioned something one of the DOT people said to you about "If the
vehicle weighs over 10,000 pound it is required to maintain a logbook and go
through the scales even though it has no DOT number pasted to the truck"
Did this mean commercial vehicles or all vehicles?
That one employee, I assume being paid to answer questions, and didn't know
what biodiesel was, is an example of some of the posts I've made about this
subject. Why should I volunteer to stop when they, many times, don't know
their job and can't show it to you in a book covering the subject?
I'll continue on my way until chased down, then ask my list of questions I
have written down and haven't been able to get an answer to.
I'm not commercial so hopefully they won't lock me up.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 6:36 AM
Subject: [MV] Heading for the scales, now open...
> Completed my third trip to Asheville yeterday. Two of the four weigh
> stations were open. At the first one everybody more or less just drove
> through. Since I was interested in my GVW, I parked and walked to the
> "office". The inspector was very friendly and helped answer questions
about
> the log book (he didn't know the GVW of my vehicle, "twenty something").
As
> I'm talking with him , a continous stream of trucks go through the scales
as
> he was looking at my log book entries.
> He did say that with or without a DOT#, vehicles above 10,000 lb are
> required to keep a log and go through the scales.
>
> At the second weigh station, the official was busy inspecting a utility
> truck in the parking area and again, trucks were going through the motions
> of stopping and going past the scales without anybody in the booth.
> I parked and again he obviously had no idea that I had even driven across
> the scales. He was looking at a pile of paperwork presented by the utility
> truck driver, who was sweating it out.
> Along the hwy, I had spotted signs about fuel tax compliance, so I decided
> to ask about how they were checking the fuel and if they would be able to
> tell if a person was using kerosene or biodiesel. He didn't know what
> biodiesel was. Basically he said that if the fuel wasn't red, you'd be
ok...
>
> Meanwhile, the deuce is performing like a champ. Gonna give it a good
going
> over before the next trip.
>
> Happy New Year to all of you,
>
> Bjorn
> MVPA19212
> Meadows of Dan, Virginia
>
>
>
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