Wadcutter wrote:
I'm definitely not going thru it sll again with him. Did that too many times before and still get the same responses from him. :S
Would you be so kind as to show me a single post in which you answered my question? You have posted many times but have never answered the most important questions. You have said over and over:
wadcutter wrote:
The max weight laws are generally 20K on a single axle, 34K on a tandum axle and gross is 80K. These are federally mandated limits. I say "generally" because gross depends on the bridge length of your vehicle (distance between the front and rear axle) and the number of axles. The 34K can also vary depending the distance between the tandum axles. It could be more. Weight limits may also be posted less than the max on certain roads
To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever questioned those weights as being law. But even you state:
wadcutter wrote:
As an RVer you don't have to worry about exceeding the 20K single axle, 34K tandum axle, and 80K gross. There's no way you are going to be anywhere close to any of those numbers. Think about it. On your 5er you put 16" E range tires on a 5K or 6K rated axle. Your suspension and tires wouldn't handle 20K or 34K loads. And no way are you getting anywhere close to 20K on the steer or drive axle on your pickup. Your Big Country doesn't even come close to approaching 34K on the tandums. Your entire rig is likely to be about 20K total. You could not load your 5er and 2500 with enough toys to get close to exceeding the weight limits.
Again, we all agree. No problem there. But, since this
is an RV forum, I suspect that the majority of readers don't give a rat's behind about the weight limits that an OTR driver has to contend with. We are primarily interested in what
we are legally required to abide by. So, at the risk of repeating myself, I resubmit:
Bert wrote:
But, you didn't address the first part of my post. I understand what the weight limits are, but none of my vehicles will ever see anywhere near 20K lb per axle. So, that restriction simply does not apply to me or to most people on this forum. The problem as I see it is figuring out the weight at which I can be ticketed. That weight will be much higher for my dually than my Venture, but neither will even approach the normal weight limits.
So, how do we define "overweight? Is it only when you exceed the 20K/axle, etc or is it the weight at which you can be ticketed? It has already been established that there are DOT weight limits for our tires so if I exceed the weight limit of my tires is my truck "overweight"? I know I can be ticketed, but I am not over the other weights. My truck doesn't have a registered weight, so I can't be over on that.
I apologize but I have been unable to reduce that question to a simpler form - that is as simple as it gets. It is also a question that - in spite of your many protestations to the contrary - you have never answered. That is all I have been trying to find out in a number of weight related threads.
Bert
