Double towing in GA and FL (update)

Wadcutter wrote:

Montara24d wrote:

bucky wrote:
Montara, what was overweight? And was he tagged in PA?

Yes tagged in Pa. Overweight for the gross combined weight rating of the truck which was a 2014, Ford, diesel DRW.
John

Oh please! At least make it a believeable story. Anyone who knows anything about weight laws can see its a crock full of stuff. Obviously if you believed it then it's clear you do not know anything about weight laws.
I taught truck weight laws for a lot of years. I was recognized by the courts as an expert witness in truck weights.
Point # 1.
Max gross weight will be 80,000 lbs. No way he's anywhere close to that with a 2014 Ford diesel pulling any make/model of 5er and a MC trailer. A DRW Ford will weigh about 8500-9000 lbs. A really heavy 5er will be 15000-17000 lbs. A full dresser bike goes in around 1000 lbs. Bike trailers are light, not even 1000 lbs.
Point # 2.
The gross weight rating by the manufacturer is not a legal weight limit. Anyone who knows anything about US weight laws knows that. Manufactures do not set weight limits. Weight limits are set by state statute. Pretty much nationwide weight limits are 20,000 for a single axle, 34,000 for a tandem axle, and 80,000 gross. There are some exceptions for roads that have reduced limits due to construction, size, or route.
The stickers on the vehicles are not enforceable limits because they are not law.
If you're going to tell a story then at least make it somewhat believeable. That one isn't believeable in any way, shape or form. Another campfire story, nothing more.

Could simply be overweight for his registered weight. I know my brother had this happen to him when he bought his F350 and went to register it. Found it was only "legal" for a max weight of about 9k GVW. When he registered it for the max for a 1 ton of his year, his tags tripled, or more. He was not happy about that, for sure.

Lyle