Confused about Truck Class when titling, PA
2019 F450 in Pennsylvania Recreational use 14,000 GVW 16,850 GVW 5th wheel towed a couple times per year, otherwise just general hauling in bed of truck Dealer is asking me how I want to title ...
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You pay by the ton here in Wa St. If you are pulled over above and beyond what you have paid for, You are considered overweight! In my case with my C2500, I have an 8000 lbs plate. If I drive down the road at my manufacture gvwr of 8600, I am 600 lbs overweight! On the other hand, if I buy a 10K plate, and get weighed pulled over at 9900 lbs.....no biggie! I'm under weight! Minimum you can license yourself for here is 1.5 times tare/empty weight of the truck, to the next higher ton!If you weigh 7000 lbs empty, that is 10500 lbs, so you need to buy a 12K plate, no matter if the truck has a door sticker as little as say 8600 lbs! You are legal to go down the road at that 12K lbs!
Reality is, what are you going go down the road at weight wise? You want a plate that is higher than that amount!
Fortunately, being overweight is a non moving issue, if caught over, it does not follow your driving record. so one could go on the, buy the least amount I can, hope you are not pulled over. If you are, as I was once in my navistar MDT at 27K lbs, licensed to 26K lbs, my door sticker says 18200, which is in my owners manual at home!!!!!! I was given a 10 day buy a 28K plate/license, and sent on my way!
Reality is, I am not too afraid of being over paid for weight, as long as I am under the engineer design weight rating of the highway, which is 500 lbs per inch width of tire, or a max 20K lbs per single axel, or 34K for tandems, or singles that are closer than about 12" IIRC!
Marty
Reality is, what are you going go down the road at weight wise? You want a plate that is higher than that amount!
Fortunately, being overweight is a non moving issue, if caught over, it does not follow your driving record. so one could go on the, buy the least amount I can, hope you are not pulled over. If you are, as I was once in my navistar MDT at 27K lbs, licensed to 26K lbs, my door sticker says 18200, which is in my owners manual at home!!!!!! I was given a 10 day buy a 28K plate/license, and sent on my way!
Reality is, I am not too afraid of being over paid for weight, as long as I am under the engineer design weight rating of the highway, which is 500 lbs per inch width of tire, or a max 20K lbs per single axel, or 34K for tandems, or singles that are closer than about 12" IIRC!
Marty
