AN OVERWT TKOF IS INADVERTENTLY PERFORMED BY THE FLC OF AN MD80 OUT OF DFW; TX.

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REQUIRED FUEL FOR THE TRIP WAS 31400 LBS. BEING A NEW CAPT AND WANTING TO STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME; I RAN THE BEFORE STARTING ENGS CHKLIST EARLY AND THE FUEL WAS VERIFIED AT 31700 LBS. BOARDING OF THE 119 PAX WAS DELAYED DUE TO LATE CLEANING OF THE ACFT AND WE PUSHED 13 MINS LATE. THE CLOSEOUT WAS RECEIVED JUST BEFORE TKOF AND IT SHOWED US 1500 LBS LIGHT; IE; TOW OF 139700 LBS VICE A PTOW OF 141200 LBS. ON CLBOUT WE DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE APPROX 7000 LBS HVY ON FUEL. CONFERRING WITH THE DISPATCHER HE VERIFIED THAT THE FUELERS HAD MADE A MISTAKE AND PUT ON AN ADDITIONAL 7000 LBS OF FUEL ON MY ACFT; EVIDENTLY DURING THE PERIOD BTWN CHKLIST COMPLETION AND PUSHBACK. WE SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS ON THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST BUT BEING RUSHED I JUST XCHKED THE CLOSEOUT AGAINST THE TKOF PERFORMANCE SHEET; THOUGHT WE WERE 1500 LBS LIGHT AND WERE GOOD TO GO. I NEGLECTED TO TAKE THE FUEL GAUGE INTO THE XCHK. THE TKOF WAS UNEVENTFUL EVEN THOUGH WE WERE 5500 LBS OVER A TOW. AS A NEW CAPT; LESS THAN 25 HRS; THIS WAS A SOBERING REMINDER THAT WHEN THINGS GET RUSHED IT'S TIME TO SLOW DOWN; TAKE MY TIME AND ENSURE EVERYTHING IS DONE CORRECTLY. THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOW THE FIRST THING I CHK WHEN GETTING THE CLOSEOUT.