RVCampers wrote:
1. Can you explain IL "B" plates B-Truck (gross weight 8,000 lbs. or less) and how much you can haul with them? .
Total weight would be 8000 lbs. That includes vehicle, occupants, fuel, and load weight. As you're driving down the road loaded with whatever it is you have in the truck and you pull on the scales then your total weight cannot exceed 8000 lbs as that's all you've registered to haul. Everything in and on the truck counts toward the total weight. Another example, if you pull on the scales and you weigh 8020 lbs then your dog has to get out and walk or you need to upgrade to a D plates since the dog put you over your allotted weight for a B plate.
RVCampers wrote:
2. Assuming that the truck weighs more than 8001 lbs (D plates or more), then the lic. "tax" is based on how much weight pay for (regardless of the door plate?)
If you put D plates on your truck then the total weight of the truck and load cannot exceed 12,000 lbs.
RVCampers wrote:
So, if you are below 8,000 lbs and have "B" plates how much can you legally haul?
Up to 8000 lbs total (gross) weight. How much you can put in your truck will depend on what your truck weighs empty. If your truck's empty weight is 6000 lbs then your total load, including occupants, fuel, etc cannot weight more than 2000 lbs so that you don't exceed a total weight of 8000 lbs.
If you have D plates on the same truck that weighs 6000 lbs empty then you can haul 6000 lbs of cargo, occupants, fuel, etc.
If you are looking at pulling a trailer then you add the registered weight of the truck and the registered weight of the trailer to get your total registered weight. For example, you have a B plate on a truck that weighs 6000 lbs. The hitch weight on your 5er is 3000 lbs. So if you weigh just your 2 axles on your truck your weight would show 9000 lbs which is 1000 lbs over your truck registered weight. But you're still legal. You alsoadd your registered weight of your 5er to the registered weight of your truck.
Let's say your registered weight of your 5er is 16,000 lbs. When you're connected your total legal registered weight is now 24,000 lbs (8000 for your B plate truck + 16,000 for your registered 5er = 24,000 total registered weight). When you are connected to your 5er you are only concerned about your total registered weights, not the individual registered weights.
If you really don't need D plates then you really don't want to get D plates. Once you register your truck with D plates or any plate in excess of 8000 lbs then the requirement kicks in where you have to get that truck inspected per 13-101.
