A loaded container that exceeds legal over-the-road weight limits on a standard chassis, requiring a tri-axle chassis, an overweight permit, and sometimes a specific routing. It’s common with dense cargo — machinery, minerals, liquids — and carries its own accessorial. Knowing the laden weight before dispatch avoids a truck being turned away at the scale and the move being re-quoted.
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