the bear II wrote:
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.
I've researched that doing "Just" the truck may very well get me in trouble, due to other trailers of mine, but seems to eliminate the 5th Wheel.
California Vehicle Code 288 "The weight that equals the total unladen weight of the vehicle
combination of vehicles (motor truck & trailers)
plus the heaviest load that will be transported by that combination."
In the Commercial Vehicle Registration Act since my truck has the GVWR of 11,500 it is commercial but due to Exemptions 5th wheels since they can be considered a Trailer Coach. A "trailer coach" is a vehicle, other than a motor vehicle, designed for human habitation or human occupancy for industrial, professional, or commercial purposes, for carrying property on its own structure, and for being drawn by a motor vehicle. Vehicle Code Section 635. The heaviest of my trailers, I should not have to worry about it.
Thank you all for your input.
