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smokeylew
Explorer
Apr 23, 2017

California DMV weight fee

Man did I just get a shock. Opened my vehicle registration renewal notice for my 2016 Ram 3500 diesel and found a $308 weight fee. Add that to the license fee and all the other gobble gook and I'm shelling out $778 clams! :M

I did some research online and it appears that my truck is rated commercial and the only way to get it reclassified is make the bed permanently unusable by bolting in a camper that can never be taken out.

Have any of you guys gotten the same shock as I have? Is this just a California thing? Don't think this is fair but after thinking about all the $200 and $300 pops I've made each year for special this or thats, the $308 is cool just to be able to hear my diesel brakes rumble as I come down the hill. I can sell myself on most anything . . . Just don't tell my wife!
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  • smokeylew's avatar
    smokeylew
    Explorer
    Apr 23, 2017
    srx-6 wrote:
    Look on the bright side. You get free 30 minute parking in all of the commercial zones in town. Just tell the meter maid you are making a delivery.


    I like that! It's another positive slant on this. I'm storing all of the pluses in the little grey cells so when I write that check I'll have a big stupid smile on my face instead of a frown. :B
  • agesilaus's avatar
    agesilaus
    Explorer III
    Apr 23, 2017
    Don't complain that money goes to keep your roads in the fine shape that is the California standard.

    I pay about $100 in Florida and think that's too much. But at least we don't have 100 potholes per 1000 feet of road.
  • srx-6's avatar
    srx-6
    Explorer
    Apr 23, 2017
    Look on the bright side. You get free 30 minute parking in all of the commercial zones in town. Just tell the meter maid you are making a delivery.
  • tatest's avatar
    tatest
    Explorer II
    Apr 23, 2017
    It is a California thing. In Oklahoma a one-ton pickup is a passenger vehicle.
  • jake2250's avatar
    jake2250
    Explorer
    Apr 23, 2017
    You know the best part?
    Next year it will go up by about another $200!
    You should call Jerry Brown and thank him for allowing you to own it and drive it in CA!! Don't forget to tell him how glad you are to pay the higher price for Fuel also!
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Apr 23, 2017
    YEP....

    That is CA registration.
    Pick up trucks are 'COMMERCIAL' as far as registration fees.

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