CA form 4008

Excluded Pickup Trucks

The unladen weight of a pickup cannot exceed 8,000 pounds and its GVW rating must be less than 11,500 pounds

Otherwise it is registered as 'commercial'


PU Trucks with Camper

If PERMANENTLY attached it CAN be registered as a 'housecar'

Otherwise 'commercial' registration ie: camper is a 'load'

CA Commercial Vehicles

So in Cali my dually isn't considered a pickup? Just adds to the strangeness of the state. lol

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Excluded Pickup Trucks

The unladen weight of a pickup cannot exceed 8,000 pounds and its GVW rating must be less than 11,500 pounds

Otherwise it is registered as 'commercial'


PU Trucks with Camper

If PERMANENTLY attached it CAN be registered as a 'housecar'

Otherwise 'commercial' registration ie: camper is a 'load'

CA Commercial Vehicles

Yes, I am aware. My previous 2 trucks were also labeled commercial by the DMV but until now I have never had to declare GVW and CGW as well as pay an additional fee and apply stickers to my doors. I assume with stickers means I have to go through the scales?

Tempted to just check off vehicle operated under 10,000 pounds and take my chances. The fee is $332. That's sucks but I can deal with that. I suppose I could pay the fee and just keep the stickers in the glovebox....

Also not understand why I am required to weight the truck now, empty.. What could this possible have to do with the price of tea in China?

azdryheat wrote:
So in Cali my dually isn't considered a pickup? Just adds to the strangeness of the state. lol

Even SRW is considered Commercial in CA

I am on my second year of ownership of my 2004 DRW, and it is registered as a pickup. I do have Commercial plates, but never told to do stickers. The same is true of my 1996 SRW pickup. I see numerous DRW 3500's every day with comercial plates and no stickers.

There is a DMV in Jackson, I would personally go ask them if it is required.

Wayne

Reddog1 wrote:
I am on my second year of ownership of my 2004 DRW, and it is registered as a pickup. I do have Commercial plates, but never told to do stickers. The same is true of my 1996 SRW pickup. I see numerous DRW 3500's every day with comercial plates and no stickers.

There is a DMV in Jackson, I would personally go ask them if it is required.

Wayne

Yea, I was just there yesterday surrendering my vanity plates for the truck I traded in. The woman there struggled to help me surrender plates. Not sure what she would say. Didn't seem to know her job well and was quite terse with me asking questions. She had that lovely combo of ignorance and arrogance.

I think I will just go ahead and weight he truck like dealer asked for. Curious anyway what is weighs. Send back the DMV form to the dealer checking off weight code A which covers me to 15,000 pounds GVW, pay my $332 dollars and put the stickers in the glove box. Like you say, people are driving these everywhere without stickers.

Just one more tax penalty for being a Californian.. Now that we are retired, CA will soon be a place to visit.

I purchased my '96 SRW 2500 in Nevada. To register it in California, I had to have it weighted. As I recall, DMV told me the weight fees are based on what the truck weight is. As it turned out, it weighed 6200 lbs and the fees were typical. If you qualify with a medical handicap, the weight fees are waved and you still are registered as commercial. That reduced my license fees by almost 50%. There are other benifits as well. I have the handicap plates on both commercial license trucks. They will only wave the weight fees on one truck.

Wayne

CA will soon be a place to visit

What ??? leave the bureaucrats paradise of worthless rules /regulations whose only purpose to create government job security

Thanks Wayne. I will take it in low on fuel, without tailgate and get out of the truck for the weighing if I am paying by the pound...

No medical handicaps yet. Only 51 and still reasonably healthy. I am seeing now why my Father moved to Nevada when he retired. They don't take every opportunity to put the financial screws to their citizens.

Our yearly reg on this truck is over $1,000 dollars. SMH