F350 payload dispute
New F350 SRW that I'm considering says 3326 lbs on the payload sticker with a 11500 GVWR. I asked for this info before the dealer had it brought in from another dealer. Salesperson and fleet manager s...
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mkirsch wrote:
It's very simple: Your legal load limit is whatever you paid for when registering your truck in many states.
As long as you do not exceed the federal/state bridge weight laws. One would be hard pressed to exceed them with a pickup truck.
There is a difference between the bridge weight laws and the tonnage in states that enforce/collect weight fees.
I my home state they collect weight fees. They use tare weight times 1.5 and then round up to the next even K. Our 8800 GVWR 2001.5 was licensed to 12K. Our 2015 is licensed to the same 12K, however for not that much a year I can raise that to 14K if I want to.
So getting a ticket in Washington or any other state, I would have to be over the bridge weight limits or the tonnage I am paying for.
http://www.trucking.org/ATA%20Docs/What%20We%20Do/Trucking%20Issues/Documents/Highway%20Infrastructure%20and%20Funding/Report%20to%20Congress%20on%20the%20Compilation%20of%20Size%20and%20Weight%20Laws.pdf
