Basic Truck Weighing 101

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Date(s):

LOCATION(s):

Class Schedule:

February 20 – 21, 2024
08:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Newport News Police Department
Community Outreach Center
10188 Warwick Blvd.,
Newport News, VA

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Registration For Class Ends: February 01, 2024

 



Class Schedule

Day 1

0800 - 1000  

Introduction to Portable Scales
Bridge Formula / Bridge Law
State Codes for Weights

1000 - 1100

How to Use Haenni Wheel Load Weighers

1100 - 1200

How to Weigh a Vehicle

1200 - 1230

How to Fill Out An Overweight Citation and What To Do With It

1230 - 1330

Lunch

1330 - 1430

Work Projects, Calculations

1430 - 1500

Exempt Permits

1500 - 1700

Additional Work Projects

Day 2

0800 - 1100

Blanket Hauling Permits, escort vehicles, Super-Loads   Over-Dimensional Loads Hauling Regulations

1100 - 1200

Case Reviews and Preparation for Prosecutions

1200 - 1300

Lunch

1300 - 1330

Testing

1330 - 1400

Certificates, class roundup, Field Operations Instructions

1400 - 1700

Field Weighing (Location to be determined)

This training is for active law enforcement officers, prosecuting attorney’s, hauling permit technicians and agents of size and weight laws.

For more information, contact one of the following:
Officer F. Dean Godwin, fgodwin@suffolkva.us
Master Police Officer John T. Hughes, hughesjt@nnva.gov

Registration cutoff date February 1, 2024.

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