List · Dump truck inspections · For release October 2026
The busiest scales in America for dump trucks
The scales that run the most dump truck inspections.
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Scales weigh trucks all day. Only some get written up for a full inspection, and those are what we counted: 27,937 dump truck inspections at scales in 12 months.
The US 380 scale at Decatur, TX ran 508 of them, more than any other. That's 408 different trucks, and a third of everything inspected there.
Eight of the 15 busiest are in Texas. Together they ran 62% of the top 15's inspections.
| Scale | County | Inspections | Out of service | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decatur, TX · US 380 | Wise, TX | 508 | 23.0% |
| 2 | Falfurrias, TX · US 281 | Brooks, TX | 342 | 31.6% |
| 3 | Riviera, TX · US 77 | Kleberg, TX | 326 | 30.4% |
| 4 | Gilroy, CA | Santa Clara, CA | 296 | 18.9% |
| 5 | San Marcos, TX · I-35 | Hays, TX | 234 | 27.8% |
| 6 | Denison, TX · US 75 | Grayson, TX | 219 | 15.1% |
| 7 | Cordelia, CA | Solano, CA | 198 | 18.2% |
| 8 | London, KY | Laurel, KY | 177 | 33.3% |
| 9 | Mentone, TX · TX 302 | Loving, TX | 168 | 44.0% |
| 10 | Perryville, MD | Cecil, MD | 164 | 19.5% |
| 11 | Devine, TX · I-35 | Medina, TX | 160 | 50.6% |
| 12 | Otay Mesa, CA | San Diego, CA | 151 | 23.8% |
| 13 | Frederick, MD | Frederick, MD | 150 | 34.7% |
| 14 | New Waverly, TX · I-45 | Walker, TX | 150 | 28.0% |
| 15 | Mission Grade, CA | Alameda, CA | 149 | 17.4% |
A scale is no softer than a roadside stop. 22.6% of dump truck inspections at scales ended out of service, against 23.0% on the roadside.
Related: The toughest scales in America for dump trucks The scales where a dump truck inspection most often ends out of service.
How we counted
- Scales: fixed-site inspections, by the location the officer wrote down. Both directions of a scale combined.
- Inspections: full safety inspections written up and reported to FMCSA. Trucks weighed and sent on aren't in the file.
- Out of service: the inspection ended with an out-of-service order.
- Map: dots at the scale's town, not the exact site.
- Haulers: dump truck haulers, by the cargo they report to FMCSA.
- Source: FMCSA inspection records, October 17, 2025 to October 16, 2026, read October 17, 2026. HaulStanding is not FMCSA.
HaulStanding is not FMCSA and this is not legal advice.
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