Fined for overloaded log trucks: how to control the load?
Thabo M.
Verified member · Fleet manager
Our log trucks were stopped twice for axle overload, USD 1,500 each time.
Drivers say they loaded by volume and did not know the weight.
Enforcement is by axle load and there is no weighbridge. What works?
Discussion (3)
Bakary T.Verified member · Fleet manager2026-09-01
Convert allowed volume per species and put a table in the cab; simpler than weighing afterwards.
Kwame A.Verified member · Mine equipment manager2026-09-02
Eyeballing the load fails; a portable scale at the yard pays for itself in two months of fines.
Yusuf B.Verified member · Dealer2026-09-03
Put overload penalties on the haulier in the contract; only enforcement changes behaviour.
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