The problem is that the weight restrictions mandated by the feds are pretty much irrelavent to most of us. If I tried to put anywhere near 20K lb on either axle of my truck, it would be grossly overloaded - assuming of course that it didn't disintegrate in the mean time. I tried to find weight laws a while ago and the only place I found anything specific was in BC which stated that you were not permitted to exceed the GAWR or GVW of any vehicle, but that law was recinded as of Jan 1, 2007 as far as I can tell. It appears to me (and I can be wrong on this) that in the past, jurisdicaitons used the manufacturer's specs in their laws but that most (all?) have now stopped doing that. I was informed by our local LEOs here in Alberta that I will be fined if my truck is "unsafe". Unfortunately, I have not been able to determine what "unsafe" means from a weight perspective. I suspect that it is one of those subjective terms like "road conditions" where it is up to the LEO to decide if doing 40 in a 60 zone is speeding or not. Technically, it can be but I don't know what the officer would use as a criteria to decide.
Bert
