10,000 lb Vehicle weight and the law
In looking through the Washington and municipal laws regarding whether or not truck campers are RV's I noticed the laws are rife with definitions involving 10,000 lb vehicle weight (with an occasiona...
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wintersun wrote:romore wrote:
Until you do get stopped or involved in a wreck. The insurer's lawyers will be all over it like white on rice.
This is a ridiculous myth. Commercial trucks run over their rated weight all the time and that is why there are weigh stations to try to catch them and minimize the damage they do to the roads. It is a matter of road damage and not safety that motivates the states to check truck trailer weights at the scales.
Has anyone seen on an accident form a place to indicate the GVWR and actual weight of the truck? Would the tow truck haul the truck and its load to a weigh scale to have it checked before going to the repair shop or wrecking yard? Please use your head for a moment.
Yes. Once in 20 years, the tow truck was required to provide us a weight of the trailer and it's contents. The owners were full timers and the rv dealer ship told us it took several hours for the owners to transfer their belongings. The wreck happened less than five miles from the dealership. Brand new trailer.:(
