Anyone had their rig weighed by authorities in these areas?

Well, eons ago dear old dad got weighed and ticketed in his pickup truck hauling a ditch digger. He was over on his registration weight and it cost him $1000. The trooper said if he were over on his axles and / or GVW the fine would have been a lot higher.

The 'weight police' that I've talked to over the years are looking for trucks that are over weight.

They don't care about RVs. Since the general problem caused by an overweight RV is blowouts they see it as a self-correcting 'problem'. The same with broken axles, broken frames, etc.

As mentioned above - only in a fatal accident might the police, or coroner, investigator look at possible weight as a contributor. More than likely rather than try to prove the RV was overweight, they would just cite the driver with failure to maintain control of his rig.

Another point - I don't know if a vehicle can be cited for being over any of the sticker weights. I've seen a lot of vehicles which are obviously over the sticker weights - and never seen a police officer care. There are laws about certain vehicle weights - but they are all total gross weight.

I wouldn't say authorities never weigh a RV, but it is few and far between.

Based on the responses. I guess this means authorities can't and won't weigh rigs in these areas no matter what? Correct?

06Fargo wrote:
Has anyone ever been stopped and had their RV tow vehicle & trailer weighed by enforcement persons in MT, ND, SD, MN, WI, MI, or ON?

Has anyone ever wrecked in the above states and province and had enforcement persons order all the wreckage shoveled up and piled on a scale so insurance could determine if you were 500lbs over door sticker?

They couldn't prove anything unless they knew exactly how each piece they picked up was positioned in relationship to the axle(s) and hitch. Water or no water in a tank and where the tank is, times at least 4 tanks. End result, fools chasing their tail.

denlock wrote:

Bet you won't find any one who has. But maybe one who knows a guy, who knows a guy, whose brother's sister's friend's husband did.

I know that guy!

Yea he's my neighbor

I have driven thru by car or RV most of those states(lived in one for 9 years) since '78 and have never seen an RV accident.

About the ONLY time D.O.T. MIGHT come in and weight a unit is if it was involved in an accident resulting in a fatality, and they though there was a real weight issue involved.

Sounds like an urban legend to me.

I have real doubts of this happening.

Bet you won't find any one who has. But maybe one who knows a guy, who knows a guy, whose brother's sister's friend's husband did.

I know that guy!

06Fargo wrote:
Has anyone ever been stopped and had their RV tow vehicle & trailer weighed by enforcement persons in MT, ND, SD, MN, WI, MI, or ON?

Has anyone ever wrecked in the above states and province and had enforcement persons order all the wreckage shoveled up and piled on a scale so insurance could determine if you were 500lbs over door sticker?

Bet you won't find any one who has. But maybe one who knows a guy, who knows a guy, whose brother's sister's friend's husband did.