2500 v 3500 and Chain Requirements
Here's a funny one I found today in my state or Oregon - 10,000# GVWR and under, traction tires can take the place of chains. Over 10,000# you have to chain up like commercial vehicles. I know f...
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blt2ski wrote:
Ktsmrf,
The 6500 lb part is tare or empty weight of truck, no passengers, cargo etc on board.
The 10,000 part, as I've read it and understand it to be registered max GVW you can legally run down the road at.
Example, if you had a reg cab 35 series gas rig with 4wd. It's very possible you empty weight is under 6500 lbs. But you may have a max capacity of 12,000 gross. I can see how in the example you could continue in 4wd with correct tires. BUT my 96 sw CC, at 6600 empty, and 05 dually CC at 7200 empty, both with paid for licenses over 10j give, would have to chain up, even if the at that time loaded, gvw is under 10,000 gvw.
Marty
true, but how many 3/4 ton trucks are under 6500 empty tare weight, some, but likely not very many. However, I doubt that they would ever check anyway.
That said, many a time I've gone to mt hood with the chains/traction tire signs up and they just let me through in my old duramax and my new denali duramax once they saw the snowflake tires and I said I had chains (which I did in the bed) . Never even checked for 4wd, or worry about weight and the truck doesn't have a 4wd sticker, nor did the 04.5.
Now there have been a few times where they have on mt. hood required EVERYONE to chain up. no chains on, no go.
