mkirsch wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
Being in BC you have more additional oversight and enforcement to deal with than basically anywhere else in North America.
And I doubt that it is as bad as some make it out to be. I’ve made a couple trips thru BC, tip to tail grossly “overloaded” with a pudgy TC and no one batted an eye, including RCMP when we were chatting at a gas station in Northern BC. And at that time I had a 6-7klb (est) trailer hooked up as well.
...because all RCMP officers are implanted with "eyeball scales" when they are sworn in, and can tell exactly how much you weigh by looking at your rig.
Just like in the States, you'll only get nailed at a weigh/inspection station. Also just like in the States, they have separate officers patrolling the roads enforcing traffic law, and officers dedicated to enforcing commercial vehicle law. You were talking to traffic cops. Unless something was dragging, your taillight was out, or it was otherwise obvious that you were driving a dangerous vehicle, they could care less.
Plus being non-commercial, if it's legal where you came from, it's "legal" there. Either through legal reciprocity, or "tourist" reciprocity.
^^
I would tend to agree.
In my years in BC, I recall only one time when I saw a pickup pulled over for weight (probably). The rear suspension was on the stops and the front wheels were looked pretty light because he had a cord of wood stacked in the 8' box of a half ton.
Must have been a bit of a hairy ride!
