work2much wrote:
The only things I will be using the truck for is a TC and later a 5th wheel rv trailer.
I keep hearing the RV's are exempt. Is this just common knowledge or is there anything in writing I could hang my hat on in court? The form you linked is what I have received from the dealer. It makes no mention of RV use.
Obviously this is not something DMV or CHP advertise willingly.
It is your business to save money not theirs.
That beside the legal language they made up to make it hard to understand. I do have CDL for commercial trailer towing, but not for semi-truck driving. The endorsement was written in language the DOT officer could not make sense of.
I forgot the term DMV uses for non-commercial truck registration, but I drove to the office and told the inspector I want the combo registered as RV and he figured it out.
Funny part, later on I called DMV hotline asking about towing trailers and the answer was that I can pull commercial trailer with pickup registered as an RV as long as the camper is on it.
With 5th wheel I heard the requirement is that the trailer mount has to be on the bed all the time and no "wheelbarrows".
Can't tell you what it would take to have non-commercial truck registration for travel trailer, but DMV has hotline, that will call you back 1 hr or so later, making it quite convenient to call them and not to spend 1hr on hold.
Bare in mind that the laws are so complex and complicated that even if you ask the question DOT officers, each one might have different interpretation.
I spend time to pull to one of DOT weight station that had "no pickups" sign and ask the officer in the office about pickup definition.
Took him about 15 minutes of digging in fat books to find me the 13.xxx lb explanation.
Try that trick with any CHP officer ;)