Have you ever pulled into a weigh station?
Have you ever pulled into a weigh station to be weighed? We were having a discussion elsewhere on weigh station requirements. One that stood out to me was Minnesota's requirements, under the AAA p...
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Habemus Quattro wrote:
In California most weigh stations have a sign that says "No Pickups" like this:
However, the CVC defines a "pickup truck" among other things as having a GVWR under 11,500 pounds (and unladen under 8,001 pounds). So if your truck has 11,500 GVWR you are supposed to stop.
(And now you know why the F-350 option weight package is 11,400 pounds.)
I drive a ford F-250. When I moved to CA I was told by DMV if it did not have a permanent cover over the bed it was considered a commercial vehicle and I had to get a weight certificate and it was registered as such, go figure. So now that it is a commercial vehicle I drop the tailgate and can park in the loading zone and claim I am making a delivery(meter maid did not like that one).
