Well Gang,
Since we've purchased our present coach, an '04 Itasca Horizon, 36GD with the 330 C-7 CAT, about 3.6 years ago, we've fueled up in AZ several times and, in several areas. I rarely go to truck fueling pumps due to the fact that it's normally a pain in the a$$ because those pumps normally don't have a standard credit card operating system. So, I go to the auto ones, usually on the outside pumps (due to our length and towing) to fuel up.
And, in many, many cases, there's other RVs at those same pumps, some large, some with tags, also filling up. Now, one, we're only TWO AXLES.
But, the law, as stated and linked here, states:
".....Declared Gross vehicle weight..." Well, the only thing missing is the last word in ALL of our (RV peoples specs on their coaches) is the word "Rating". We all know (or at least most of us know) what our "GVWR" or, Gross Vehicle Weight Rating is. Now, I read that section several times and, does AZs law, mean the same thing as "GVWR" in it's statement or, is the term "Declared" a different meaning than, "GVWR".
The manufacturer means "GVWR" as, Gross Vehicle Weight Rating as to mean, the maximum amount of weight, that particular coach is to carry, at any given time. So, if your GVWR is over 26,000 lbs., is that the same as a "declared amount of weight"? On our coach, the GVWR is: 27,910.
I mean, I don't know about any and all trucks, truck-tractors, busses (both passenger commercial and school) motorhomes, motorcycles, etc. but, do any vehicles actually have a "Declared weight" written on any tag, spec plate, I.D., registration, anywhere on or about them, in these United States? Or, is the law, referring to: Gross Vehicle Weight RATING when it's interpreted? So, if AZ is actually using the "GVWR" (missing the word "RATING") to define its "use fuel" law, then any one reading this, who has a 17,500 lb. rear axle, and a 10,410 front axle, is, technically, over the weight limit of the "use fuel" AZ law, (not including gas coaches) correct? And there's one heck of a lot of coaches with those axles.
Scott
