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transamz9
Dec 23, 2013Explorer
Wadcutter wrote:
I spent a career stopping overweight trucks, over 3 decades. I taught truck weight laws. The IL Supreme Court recognized me as an expert witness on truck laws and weights.
Think about what the OP asked. The usual weight limit is 20,000 lbs on a single axle and 34,000 on a tandem axle. Think about that. Do you really think your 5er weighs 34,000 lbs on the tandem axles? Do you really think you're hauling 20,000 lbs on your pickup axles? Really? If anyone thinks so then they really don't have any comprehension of weights. That empty truck and semi trailer you see running down the highway weighs more than most 5ers do fully loaded. If we don't care about empty semi truck weights do you really think your 5er is a concern? You aren't even close to max weight either on axle or gross.
Here in Ky they go by the axle rating on the door of the truck. They don't bother RV's. Commercial Vehicles are checked by the rating on the door and you had better have it on there and readable. They don't care about the GVWR.
I get inspected road side and scale houses about once a year.
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