Anyone pulled over by CHP?
Question- I searched various forums with not many answers. If hypothetically; I were to get pulled over by CHP to verify my trailer weight, what number would they check? The max GVWR? The reason I am ...
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kyledub wrote:If your HD is a 2500 you REALLY need to take a good look at your weights, especially pin weight, before you think about pulling a 15K fiver.
Question- I searched various forums with not many answers. If hypothetically; I were to get pulled over by CHP to verify my trailer weight, what number would they check? The max GVWR? The reason I am asking, is am going to buy a bigger trailer for the growing family. I want to keep my current license and get the RV 15000 max endorsement (CA). So do I shop for a trailer with a sticker @ 15000 or something less? I can't see CHP telling you to drive to the scales to get a actual weight?
You probably have less than 2500# TOTAL payload available (2200# if you have 4WD) and the pin on a 15K unit would be around 3000#.
Add people "stuff" and hitch to the truck and you could easily be 1500# overloaded.
Even a pre 2011 3500 SRW would be pushed over its limits.
