License plates by weight

Michelle.S wrote:
Both NY and FL plate fee for our 3500 Dually is based on GVWR.

2x. Trailers as well in NY.

Both NY and FL plate fee for our 3500 Dually is based on GVWR.

Nevada has weight fee's and you are supposed to be registered for total weight of vehicle and anything you are towing. I am registered for 21k and will have to up it as i am buying a gooseneck to haul equipment. Probably register for 30k just to make sure, though i have never been checked.

...then there are those states that determine license plate fees based on the value of the vehicle.

ExxWhy wrote:

PapPappy wrote:
IO would think that most state have a commercial (weight rated) and non-commercial (under a certain weight) classification for tags.

A 1/2T pick-up or van is probably classed the same as cars/SUVs. A 3/4T maybe?
A 1-Ton, probably not, but there are a bunch of states (54 according to some politicians), and I don't know about all of them.

What is the real question here?

Just winter curiosity as to which states do it which way. Never thought much about it until I saw people posting they registered for a certain weight and we don't here.

As you may have noticed, every state has their own "ideas" on vehicle registration and the "fees" involved.

Many states the fees are tied to the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) and the higher the weight the higher the fees.

The public officials which enacted these fees would like to make you think that the bigger and heavier loads do more "damage" to the roads so hence the reason for these fees is to recoup money for supposed road repairs. In reality the money just simply goes into the big black hole...

Many states actually have their registration fees posted out on the 'net like your neighbor PA does.

PADOT REGISTRATION FEES

PapPappy wrote:
IO would think that most state have a commercial (weight rated) and non-commercial (under a certain weight) classification for tags.
A 1/2T pick-up or van is probably classed the same as cars/SUVs. A 3/4T maybe?
A 1-Ton, probably not, but there are a bunch of states (54 according to some politicians), and I don't know about all of them.
What is the real question here?

You might think that but that doesn't mean it's true. It only means that's what you think. Assuming something without knowing facts doesn't make it true. Many states register 2nd division vehicles by weight. (Second Division definition from the fed statute: Those vehicles which are designed for carrying more than 10 persons, those designed or used for living quarters and those vehicles which are designed for pulling or carrying property, freight or cargo, those motor vehicles of the First Division remodelled for use and used as motor vehicles of the Second Division, and those motor vehicles of the First Division used and registered as school buses.)

PapPappy wrote:
IO would think that most state have a commercial (weight rated) and non-commercial (under a certain weight) classification for tags.

A 1/2T pick-up or van is probably classed the same as cars/SUVs. A 3/4T maybe?
A 1-Ton, probably not, but there are a bunch of states (54 according to some politicians), and I don't know about all of them.

What is the real question here?

Just winter curiosity as to which states do it which way. Never thought much about it until I saw people posting they registered for a certain weight and we don't here.

years back I had to register a uhaul type trailer in Maryland. the woman at the DMV asked what I wanted to register it for. she gave some numbers like 2,000; 4,000; 6,000 and I said why not go for 6,000. she then said that if I went for the higher load rating I would need additional inspections, etc. so dropped back to a lesser number.
bumpy

IO would think that most state have a commercial (weight rated) and non-commercial (under a certain weight) classification for tags.

A 1/2T pick-up or van is probably classed the same as cars/SUVs. A 3/4T maybe?
A 1-Ton, probably not, but there are a bunch of states (54 according to some politicians), and I don't know about all of them.

What is the real question here?

Dick_B wrote:
not Illinois...

Yes IL too. The only vehicles not registered by weight in IL are 1st division vehicles (motor vehicles which are designed for the carrying of not more than 10 persons). 2nd Division, RVs, motor homes, camping trailers, etc, and cargo type trailers are registered by the weight you intend to haul including the weight of the vehicle.
It's in the statutes. 625 ILCS Chapter 3.