Intermodal Driver Weight Check

Intermodal use only

Know what you’re adding up.
Catch a heavy container before you roll.

For intermodal tractors, chassis and containers. Enter known weights from your equipment records, container markings and shipping documents.

1. Equipment & load

Save verified tractor and chassis weights on this device. Select a profile to fill its weight, or enter weights manually. Recheck whenever equipment, fuel or operating conditions change.

Truck / unit number (optional)

Container number (optional)

Weight units for every weight below

Changing units converts entered weights. Do not mix pounds and kilograms.

Saved tractors

Tractor operating weight (lb)

Tractor only, including driver, fuel and carried equipment. Do not enter a combined tractor-and-chassis weight.

Save / update this tractor

Weight last verifiedVerification source

Uses the truck / unit number and operating weight entered above.

Saved chassis

Chassis number / IDEmpty chassis weight (lb)

Save / update this chassis

Weight last verifiedVerification source

Empty container tare (lb) What weight is on your shipping document? Cargo weight (lb)

Include cargo, packaging and dunnage. Container tare is added separately.

Container maximum gross (lb) — optional

This is the container plus cargo rating, not the road limit. Never assume a standard container payload.

2. Gross screening limit

Choose the basis

A lower bridge, route, registered weight or equipment limit may apply. This calculator does not determine those limits or axle distribution.

Before you roll

A result below the gross screen is not dispatch approval. Use an actual loaded scale ticket and your carrier’s process.

Verify steer, drive and chassis axle weights, axle spacing and bridge limits.
Check chassis, container, tractor and tire ratings; inspect weight distribution and securement.
Confirm the authorized route, posted restrictions and any applicable permit conditions.
If a weight is unknown, a limit is exceeded or a document does not match, stop and contact Dispatch / Safety.

How the calculation works

Road gross = operating tractor + empty chassis + empty container + cargo. When you enter loaded container gross, tare is already included and is not added a second time.

The general Interstate gross screen starts at 80,000 lb. Bridge limits can require a lower weight. This tool does not calculate axle or bridge compliance, or select a state permit.

Official FHWA weight and bridge guidance ↗

Built from Henry Vargas’s intermodal driver weight-check concept for PassPRO. Need help with an intermodal load or weight process?