SRW vs DRW
Is there a general rule regarding how much weight is okay for SRW and how much is too much? We are thinking of a larger 5er and not sure how much larger will require a new truck too.
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Wadcutter wrote:twodownzero wrote:
I can't get into an argument with you about the law because I am a lawyer and I wouldn't want anyone to interpret any of this as legal advice.
I'm sure you have extensive training in truck weight laws. Obviously not from the rest of your response. Please, show one state law in any state where GVWR is a legal weight limit. I'll save you some time - there isn't any.
Manufacturers don't make the law or set legal weight limits.
Maybe you should stick with whatever field of law you practice, divorces, family law, estates, whatever it is. Obviously it isn't anything to do with truck weight laws. Even a poor attorney knows to stay in his own lane when he doesn't know anything about a particular area. At least most do.
Again, I cannot respond to you and tell you what the positive law is in any given jurisdiction because I cannot give legal advice on the internet. I feel comfortable saying that your assertion is not correct and that you should consult someone licensed in the relevant jurisdiction if you want to know what the law is. I am personally aware of at least one state where your assertion is not correct because of the interaction between two laws that you might not realize create precisely the situation you describe--GVWR becomes the relevant limit. And for all I know, there may be more, or it may be an outlier. Either way, traffic laws are not the only thing in play here, and if you hurt someone by operating a vehicle outside of its design limits, you are tempting fate to say the least.
