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your load at a certified scale. If there is not a certified scale available,
call a local moving and storage company or grain elevator. You will be
reimbursed for the scale fee, but you must include the scale receipt when
scanning your trip documents via Xpress Scanning. Driver will need
to enter the receipt total in macro 7 for expenses.
By law, drivers are allowed to carry up to 34,000 lbs on each set of
trailer and drive tandems, as long as no single axle exceeds 20,000 lbs.
This allows for up to 12,000 lbs to be placed on the steer axle. You may
NOT exceed 80,000 lbs. gross vehicle weight or any of the allowable
axle weights. This includes tractor, trailer, load, driver, personal property
and ice and snow build-up.
If you fail to weigh a load and are fined for being overweight, you
will be responsible for the fine. If your load is overweight, contact your
Driver Manager for instructions prior to leaving the customer or scale.

Physical Standards Testing (PST) Policy
To ensure that all of our drivers have the ability to meet the physical
demands of operating a tractor trailer, all new employee drivers, and
owner-operators seeking transfer to an employee driver position, are
required to take a simple physical standards test. This test measures
the driver’s ability to perform certain essential functions of the job. All
drivers returning from any medical leave of more than 14 days, or from
any type of leave that has lasted longer than 30 days, will be required to
demonstrate their ability to perform all aspects of the physical standards
test before being reseated on a truck.
Drivers seeking assignment to certain dedicated accounts, or who
wish to be considered for occasional load assignments for those dedicated
accounts, are required to take the more strenuous Dedicated PST test.

Alcohol Policy
The following is a summary of the Company Alcohol Policy. The
Company has a comprehensive written alcohol and controlled substance
policy, which was provided during Orientation. For more specific
information, please consult this comprehensive policy or the designated
employee representative.
The Basic Rules:
1. You may not use, be under the influence of, or have in your
possession any alcoholic beverage, regardless of alcohol content,
while you are operating or responsible for Company equipment,
available for dispatch, or while on Company property. This
prohibition includes drinking during layovers including but not
limited to truck repairs, DOT rest breaks, 34 hour restarts and

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