California CVRA decal question
This question is primarily for CA registered vehicle owners, and I’m not looking for the weight police to chime in on “what is the safe weight my truck can carry”. Background information: Recently...
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wintersun wrote:
The odd thing is that technically any pickup truck in CA has to have commercial plates and pay the extra fees but with regard to commercial trucks if they are pickups you are never going to have to stop at a weigh station in this state - Utah is different in this regard.
CA gets you at the DMV and after that you are going to be left alone, especially if you are not engaged in anything that looks like a commercial enterprise. Someone pulling a very large livestock or horse trailer could expect more scrutiny but it is still highly unlikely.
The CHP that target trucks are looking for grossly overloaded vehicles that are unsafe or beating up the highways. Other than that they prefer to focus on catching speeders.
the exception being on I5 near the grapevine or just south of Sacramento if you are hauling a large trailer expect to get pulled and checked to see if you have a valid non commercial class A drivers Lic. If the trailer has a stamp for GVWR over 10,001 pounds and you don't have the Lic you are not driving any further towing that rig. The fine is unreal $5000+. I know of a few horse friends that have been tagged
