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JIMNLIN
Feb 07, 2009Explorer III
jmramiller wrote:
Notice the word "may". It does not say "must" or "can not" anywhere in the regs you qouted. When I registered my private truck I asked how much weight I could register for and the answer was as much as I am willing to pay for - period. If you can register your truck above the "Fed Label" (which they allowed in my case and have allowed as a practice for many years) then 10 Ton is wrong. 10 Ton did not say you "may" have to provide documentation proving the weight you are requesting does not exceed the Fed label. What he did say was "it can only be registered for it's Fed label". If he is referring to the sticker on the inside of the door then he is wrong. The fact is Texas will allow you to register above that number or below it for that matter.
As far as the "Fed Label" goes - it states on the sticker that the listed weights are valid only for the truck as it was shipped from the maker. The very first mod done to the truck makes the sticker obsolete. In my case the "label" on my truck reflects a SRW configuration. My truck is no longer a SRW truck. The Sticker on my truck no longer in any way reflects (not that is ever did) my trucks capabilities.
Again you would like us to believe that every professional expert on this forum is wrong and you alone are correct. You must really love that fantasy world you live in.
My father always told me that only an idiot argues with an idiot. I believe by his definition continuing this dialoge would make me an idiot.
according to TX 502.055 registering code the department may require the applicant one of four criteria. Number 3 "the gross weight rating of the vehicle which is the trucks door tag GVWR. As far as the the fed label goes only a certified vehicle alterer can legally chage the numbers on the label per NHTSA rules. Also adding bigger tires wheels according to NHTSA regs does not qualify as a altered vehicle or will it change. NHTSA home page has a FAQ on altered vehicles/certified vehicle alterers or modifiers and the vehicles GVWR/GAWR.
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