The weight police
"My trailer tows just fine" "I don't care about my weight" "5th wheels are not commercial vehicles so what I tow is my business" I am new here, but not new to scales and weights. I worked at one of t...
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ford truck guy wrote:MFL wrote:
Got to agree with Russ, common sense, experience, awareness, reaction time/avoidance, can far out weigh number charts, when Mr. Murphy crosses.
Jerry
Yea, another believer in common sense, reaction time, experience, awareness...I am not saying it's ok to ignore the numbers....
Ultimately that is my point as well.
Our reaction time and skill set is what it is. THere is nothing you can do to make an overweight truck stop faster.
We can't control what may happen. That guy on the cell phone just may create havoc right in front of you.Your reaction time and experience as great as it is will not make an overweight rig stop faster.
You can talk avoidance if you like, but speed will still be a factor.
You may want to accelerate vs. brake to escape the danger but the weight will still be a factor.
In short you cannot control the cell phone driver, you can't control the weather or road conditions. But you can weigh your rig and keep it within its design parameters. Which is what the OP is trying to tell all of us in the beginning of this thread.
As always you can think his point is valid or you can believe you know better and his comments don't apply to you.
