[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
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.

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    (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 shipment) and the gross weight of the container 
with the shipment loaded in the container.