Arctic Fox 990 on SRW in the Snow?

Sliding-into-home wrote:
Finally found the applicable law for Oregon. Long story short, and as many have suggested/surmised, it's all about tires and axle weight.

Rather than clutter up the thread, the relevant laws are 818.020 and its reference to 818.10, if anyone wants to look them up.

synopsis: lesser of sidewall weigh rating or 600lbs multiplied by the total width of tires (in inches) on the axle = maximum weight on that axle.

I can't find any other reference to actual laws/penalties, especially any that pertain to the tire and loading sticker. I'd be interested in seeing those though, if anyone knows of anything.

Best I can tell, Oregon's legalese is primarily concerned with damage to roads and the repercussion is a fine that would be minimal for the average TC owner, not to mention highly unlikely.

I don't read that statute the same way. It says exactly this:

ORS 818.010 table 1 wrote:
The manufacturer’s side wall tire rating (but not to exceed 600 pounds) X the sum of the tire widths, in inches, of the wheels of the axle or tandem axles = maximum allowable weight.

It says it's the sidewall rating multiplied by total tire tread width for that axle. In that context, the 3-4k lb "max load" rating of a tire we're all familiar with doesn't make any sense. Does anyone know if commercial tires (which this law is mostly about) are rated differently with a "per-inch" spec?