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Mroma23
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Aug 19, 2020

GVWR over 10k on new truck, need commercial plates?

Hey Everyone, I just inked the paperwork on a new 2020 2500HD AT4 and was a little surprised to learn that I may need commercial plates because of curb weight and GVWR of 10650. I am in Massachusetts ...
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KD4UPL
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Aug 19, 2020
All states are different.
Here in VA regular passenger car tags are only good for I think 7,500 pounds. Above that you need truck plates. A truck loaded to 8,000 pounds running passenger plates would technically be "over weight" in VA. I really doubt it gets enforced much.

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