chrisjwright1 wrote:
Garry&Gayle wrote:
I have my weight stickers in the glove box with the registration for my 2015 F350 4X4 DRW GVWR as Ford declared is 14K. The ones with the stickers on the door are the guys that are required to cross the scales as an rv you are not required to cross the scales but still required to pay the fees. If your trucks unladen weight exceeds 8001 then you need to declare what your GCVW will be; so figure total weight of truck with all gear and passengers plus weight of your fully loaded trailer or camper is what you declare. It's not only CA that's doing this.
It looks like the simplest way to do this outside of loading up and hitting the scales is to use my GVWR numbers of 11,500 for the truck and the 10,175 for the 5th wheel and puts me into the Ca. DMV range schedule of 20,001 to 26,000? My unladen weight of the truck is 7950. If I miss the next lower schedule of 15,001 to 20k lbs to save $80.00 I am subject to late fee penalties, a citation and fines up to or in excess of $2,000 per violation.
You don't need to include the 5th wheel weight since it is an RV and not a commercial trailer/vehicle.
I would just use the 11,500 for the truck since you're not using it for commercial purposes.
