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...
Forum Discussion
jimh425 wrote:
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.
My point is I have paid overload tickets when overloaded, but it was for being over the legal limits the government puts on their roads. And I have had tickets dismissed because I was over a manufactures "rating", and only 1 cop ever wrote such a ticket. But the few times I have been caught over a tire rating that fine has stood.
