The very first thing I do when I leave a shipper is drive to the nearest truck scale. Not the weigh station the DOT uses to catch me if I'm overweight, the scale I pay to use to make sure I'm not. Just about every truck stop has one, and for the low low price of $11.50 you can weigh your vehicle too. If you've ever wondered just how much your minivan weighsu2026go for it.Now I've been driving for over 14 years, I can most certainly tell the difference between an empty truck that weighs around 34,000 pounds and a fully loaded one that can top 80,000. You just develop a feel for it after a while. If there's any doubt as to my weights I go stick it on a scale.Yes the entire grey concrete platform on which that truck is parked is a scale. Accurate to within 20 pounds and capable of weighing somewhere well in excess of 100,000 pounds. I couldn't get a straight answer out of anyone but it's a hell of a lot at any rate.