[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR375.509]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 375_TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE; 

CONSUMER PROTECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart E_Pick Up of Shipments of Household Goods

 

Sec. 375.509  How must I determine the weight of a shipment?



    (a) You must weigh the shipment by using one of the following two 

methods:

    (1) First method--origin weigh. You determine the difference between 

the tare weight of the vehicle before loading at the origin of the 

shipment and the gross weight of the same vehicle after loading the 

shipment.

    (2) Second method--back weigh. You determine the difference between 

the gross weight of the vehicle with the shipment loaded and the tare 

weight of the same vehicle after you unload the shipment.

    (b) The following three conditions must exist for both the tare and 

gross weighings:

    (1) The vehicle must have installed or loaded all pads, dollies, 

hand trucks, ramps, and other equipment required in the transportation 

of the shipment.

    (2) The driver and other persons must be off the vehicle at the time 

of either weighing.

    (3) The fuel tanks on the vehicle must be full at the time of each 

weighing, or, in the alternative, when you use the first method--origin 

weigh, in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, where the tare weighing is 

the first weighing performed, you must refrain from adding fuel between 

the two weighings.

    (c) You may detach the trailer of a tractor-trailer vehicle 

combination from the tractor and have the trailer weighed separately at 

each weighing provided the length of the scale platform is adequate to 

accommodate and support the entire trailer at one time.

    (d) You must use the net weight of shipments transported in 

containers. You must calculate the difference between the tare weight of 

the container (including all pads, blocking and bracing used in the 

transportation of the



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shipment) and the gross weight of the container with the shipment loaded 

in the container.