Has anyone been stopped by D.O.T.
Concerned about being weighed. I'm 240 lbs. over gross on truck. Rear tires and axle are just under. Front axle only gained 60 lbs. Fiver axles and tires are fine.
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shadows4 wrote:
A couple of days after reading and responding to this thread I got to thinking. I know, dangerous territory. LOL
Any way, I went and looked up my weights from a couple of years ago. I was about 17,800 on 18,000 lb plates. Why I didn't think about this then, I don't know. I do remember when I weighed it was for a weekend trip. I know I would be heavier on longer trips.
As we have a 2 week trip planned this summer, I went and upped my plates to 24,000 lb. plates yesterday. This way I know I am covered should I ever be checked. Just had to turn in my old plates and pay the difference for the new ones. I feel better, just a little lighter in the wallet. LOL
Off topic a bit...
I hadn't thought of this in years, but when I was a kid we used to spend a couple weeks in the Ozarks every summer at some relatives near Eldorado Springs (before the lake was dammed up). I was surprised to see that every pickup had a big placard on the driver's door with full identification info (name, business name, address, phone, etc.). I asked my dad's uncle why he and all his friends put their info on their doors and he told me it was a state legal requirement that every pickup truck had to have this on the driver's door. Do you still do this?
