Weight tickets thread

[Lowrollin70gmc]

It is common for the GAWRs to add up to higher than the GVWR.

It's been my experience the state cares about three things for overweight tickets:

Axle rating, often reduced by bridge distance (axle grouping & spacing).
Tire rating
Registered weight

Manufacturer stated GVWR and GCWR are almost irrelevant outside of licensing requirements and a starting point for what registered weight to pay for.

You'll be within axle ratings, tire ratings, and your paid registered weight. I wouldn't worry if I was driving.

Hell, my state sells a 10% over harvest permit and a 10% winter permit. Nearly every grain trailer on our highways is over factory GCWR and hauling 88k* instead of 80k because of a piece of paper in the window.

*And definitely not exceeding 88k or crossing state lines like this. Wink, wink.

 

[Gbkeith]

This is why I want to build a truck that looks like a motorhome. Haul anything, no concerns.

I might give off gypsy paver vibes with skid steer and camper, trucks registered to my company but ill be clearly on vacation with wife and kid up front.

**** road pirates.

Play dumb and have your story ready before you get pulled over. You’re going to a family reunion and bringing a skid steer to help put in a wheelchair ramp in your grandmothers barn so she can still roll out there. You’re definitely not getting paid.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Play dumb and have your story ready before you get pulled over. You’re going to a family reunion and bringing a skid steer to help put in a wheelchair ramp in your grandmothers barn so she can still roll out there. You’re definitely not getting paid.

I like the "we just bought a jungle ****hole and we're gonna go clear it" story better.

 

[Dethmachinefab]

Play dumb and have your story ready before you get pulled over. You’re going to a family reunion and bringing a skid steer to help put in a wheelchair ramp in your grandmothers barn so she can still roll out there. You’re definitely not getting paid.

"Good deeds are considered commerce in this here county boy, you going to jail." No thanks, ill be on my way. Pop, pop, poppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppop pop. Ded.

 

[arse_sidewards]

"Good deeds are considered commerce in this here county boy, you going to jail." No thanks, ill be on my way. Pop, pop, poppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppop pop. Ded.

Yeah basically. Keep the story to the smallest number of parties and as non-transactional as possible so they can't redefine anything as commerce.

 

[Gbkeith]

I like the "we just bought a jungle ****hole and we're gonna go clear it" story better.

"Good deeds are considered commerce in this here county boy, you going to jail." No thanks, I’ll be on my way. Pop, pop, poppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppoppop pop. Ded.

I always like to make it agricultural in some way, but that may not make a difference in Boston. Just pick a story ahead of time and go with it.

 

[[486]]

this is my emotional support skidsteer
am I being detained?

 

[Dethmachinefab]

Probably be fine, but good to know details of how it works so i can reduce my contribution to the state. Will update if I get shot.

Also, do people register campers?

 

[Provience]

Probably be fine, but good to know details of how it works so i can reduce my contribution to the state. Will update if I get shot.

Also, do people register campers?

campers has got to depend on the state, i'd personally treat it like any other trailer. 1 plate to rule them all

 

[[486]]

Probably be fine, but good to know details of how it works so i can reduce my contribution to the state. Will update if I get shot.

Also, do people register campers?

truck/van, trailer or slide-in/drop-on?
trucks vans and trailers got plates
slide in campers don't

 

[Dethmachinefab]

truck/van, trailer or slide-in/drop-on?
trucks vans and trailers got plates
slide in campers don't

Got a trailer camper. Didn't register it so I didn't have to pay tax. Figured i could register it in Florida or never if its not a big deal.

 

[Lowrollin70gmc]

Got a trailer camper. Didn't register it so I didn't have to pay tax. Figured i could register it in Florida or never if its not a big deal.

For the first trip south, you're fine with your bill of sale/MSO. If it stays on your property, I wouldn't worry about plates. If you start pulling it on vacations and whatnot after this trip you'll be rolling the dice.

 

[Provience]

I keep my RV registered, but don't run insurance unless I remember and care enough to turn it on. Registration is pretty cheap compared to insurance.

Though I guess it was better when I got pulled over in my unregistered truck that it was insured