Finally made it to the Cat scales
Getting the truck right took longer because of the Covid related supply issues but I did this to simulate a full camper.... I had a full black and grey tank. Fresh was almost empty. Stocked the k...
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JRscooby wrote:
I had 1 Local write me and my drivers a bunch of tickets because our gross weight was about 30,000 pounds (yes, 15 tons) over the GCVWR on the ID plate. All dismissed in court.
But the load rating on tires is checked closely and enforced on CMVs
Now no law enforcement is likely to look at the ratings on your RV tires, but there must be a reason they worry so much about it on trucks.
It’s hard to say why some laws exist. It’s not like all laws are logical. In any case, you say your tickets were all dismissed, so it seems like maybe you made somebody mad or they just like writing tickets. Neither of those are relevant to two tires being 200 lbs over since in your case, you were over GCVWR not the tire rating.
Putting it another way, if tires were going to explode just by being slightly over, I think we’d see it more. That being said, my TC/truck is under GVWR. However, it is very common to see big TCs on SRWs in the Northwest. I’m not saying people should do it or not, but being 400-500 lbs over on a 11500 GVWR is way less than most of those guys.
Obviously, it is better to not be over GVWR, but many RVs are including DRWs.
