Bert,
Do not quote me on this, as it may fall into the catagory of you last sentence about 1 min ago. I believe canada has slightly different actual how you load you rigs wt laws, Ie there is no a 20K limit per axel as "OUR" federal bridge laws state. I seem to recall from talking to a trucker that delivered a bunch of 20-25' W red cedars to me on a flatbed, that he could go to 25K per axel vs 20K here, and 45 per tandem vs 34K or some such variation. Please note, my numbers are from a 10 yr back discussion, and are for just that, discussion purpose only to show that there is a variance between the two country's.
Personaly opinion, is if you were to get pulled over as an RV'r for what ever reason, and wieghed. You did not have a reg wt per say due to your local regs. you would/should be given the fed law bridge limits, ie the 20K per single, and 34500 per tandem. Or like in my state, the above limits, but they also have a tire width limit, so you could or would be below that limit with many rigs also.
Then again, I am not an attny, nor am I a trooper etc. The above is just that, an opinion from my experience of getting pulled over and weighed. As I have a couple of time been over my reg wt, but below the fed bridge laws. In the end, I was given a up GVWR with in 10 days "warning" ticket then the overwt was waved........so on I went.
Some of the issues you are bringing up, in reality, will not be an issue for those of us with RV's. If you were a commercial driver as I am with my dump truck, then yes, they are issues, but for joe public. If one stays below the axl limits stated by the manufacture, you will be fine.......EXCEPTING, when on class A or even some C MH's, the manufacture uses a 25K RA then you are limited to the fed 20K per axel law.
Marty
