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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Bottom line there is no legal limit on the weight that can be put in a passenger use vehicle of any type or the amount of weight that can be towed. I care about making it to my destination and back home safely. If I am under the GVWR and have tire fail and the truck flips and my wife and I are seriously injured or die what really mattered?
If I am towing a trailer that is within the tow rating of my truck and its hitch but cannot stop in time and hit another vehicle and we are seriously injured or killed how does the rating help? If anything it gives people a false sense of security.
It is interesting how a topic like this brings out the wanta be a cop mentality of so many people who jump on their soap boxes and start preaching. Not providing useful information for anyone's benefit on the forum, but who cares about that.
If I am towing a trailer that is within the tow rating of my truck and its hitch but cannot stop in time and hit another vehicle and we are seriously injured or killed how does the rating help? If anything it gives people a false sense of security.
It is interesting how a topic like this brings out the wanta be a cop mentality of so many people who jump on their soap boxes and start preaching. Not providing useful information for anyone's benefit on the forum, but who cares about that.
