gitane59 wrote:
JaxDad wrote:
Not long ago I was pulled off the highway in one of my company F550's, while I passed muster with flying colour, but another guy didn't. The officer told me the other driver had basically told him to 'F'off and go hassle some truckers'. The officer told me that there was enough issues with both the truck & (RV) trailer that he wasn't going to allow EITHER one to continue on down the road!
If some guy was towing with a recreational trailer with a truck and the pair was in such poor enough obvious condition to garner the attention of a DOT office then the guy deserved to be pulled over and taken off the road regardless of whether he was private or commercial.
I highly doubt you will see DOT officers randomly pulling over recreational units without obvious due cause safety defects.
No, optics have nothing to do with it, on Holiday weekends and the Friday / Tuesday on either side of them they have 'safety blitz's' where ANY vehicle pulling a trailer is fair game regardless of appearance.
They set up importu inspection stations in parking lots alongside major highways then have OPP and Carrier Enforcement units escort traffic in off the highway for inspection.
A neighbour of mine at the cottage got a hard lesson on the side of the 400 south of Barrie. With an almost new F150 and box trailer he collected nearly $1,000 in tickets. Mind knowing him he very likely got mouthy and racked up a couple he might not have otherwise. He told me he had to drop the trailer and go to CT and buy some new binder straps before they'd even let him continue on. He had been also ordered to get both truck & trailer inspected pronto or there'd be more tickets coming.
