Holy batteris batman!

**MilitiaMetals** · 07-31-2011, 10:27 PM

Got a call from some local farmers today to come pick up some batteries, weighed my truck on the local grain elevator scale before I picked them up. Got home weighed my truck again.........................1430lbs of batteries! Wow, no wonder my back is sore from loading them all by myself!

**IdahoScrapper** · 07-31-2011, 10:41 PM

Sweet haul! Congrats.

**MilitiaMetals** · 07-31-2011, 10:56 PM

thanks guy! I just need to haul a load up the city, I used my 2004 chevy crew cab today to pick up the batteries and just checked the payload capacity online, 1600lbs lol. I use my good truck to do the long hauling. And I have 1430 lbs batteries, 150lbs copper, 50lbs brass, 50lbs cop/al rads, and 50lbs of aluminum to haul! She will be overloaded by 130lbs, gonna have to keep some batteries home lol and get air bags for the chebby lol

**IdahoScrapper** · 07-31-2011, 11:19 PM

I am guessing an average weight of 35 lbs, so that would be about 40 batteries? Maybe I need to hit up some farmers.

**MilitiaMetals** · 08-01-2011, 02:40 PM

downed my load to 1300 lbs, was at 1850 before, gotta drive 100 miles to the scrap yard lol don't want to break anything

**myekem** · 03-08-2012, 03:25 AM

If you have D.O.T. in sask. watch out.. you are only legally allowed to haul 2 batteries (in NS anyways).. If they catch you the fine is HUGE.

**sjones99** · 03-08-2012, 04:55 AM

Most people dont know they're considered hazardous waste..lol

**MBMetals** · 03-08-2012, 05:08 AM

Cover your load and bring it in. Being overweight is the name of the game in the scrap world.

**Mick** · 03-08-2012, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by MBMetals

Cover your load and bring it in. Being overweight is the name of the game in the scrap world.

Careful! The DOT here has been known to set up at the entrance to the scrap yard. They can take the scale weight to determine overweight loads.

**sjones99** · 03-08-2012, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Mick

Careful! The DOT here has been known to set up at the entrance to the scrap yard. They can take the scale weight to determine overweight loads.

Yes they can..they can confiscate weight tickets just to check weights

**myekem** · 03-09-2012, 04:16 AM

They do the same here Mick.. Sit at the end of the scrapyard entrance.. Alot of the time they will skim through your load peeking to the bottom. So if they see 2+ batteries, A dangerous goods find is more than an over weight.