mkirsch wrote:
StirCrazy wrote:
mkirsch wrote:
Plus being non-commercial, if it's legal where you came from, it's "legal" there. Either through legal reciprocity, or "tourist" reciprocity.
not nessasarly, there are several things you can do in other provences or even ifn the US where if you are doing it here you will be ordered to disconect and get towed. a good example is tandom towing, its fine in Alberta but if you drive in to BC you will be required to unhook the last one and make two trips to get one of them back to alberta. weights are the same if you are overloaded your overloaded, just th chances of a rv getting stopped to be weighed is slim.
We're only talking about weight here. "Double" or "triple" towing (that'll start a whole other argument) is one thing that doesn't reciporicate. There are always minor exceptions.
I also believe that I stated that you were most likely to get nailed at a weigh station, AND that the highway patrol officers could not care less unless there was an obvious unsafe vehicle condition.
If your truck is 5000lbs overweight and you've got chunks of well casing jammed in between your axle and frame to make it set level and it "looks okay" highway patrol officers won't even give it a second thought.
if they do stop you for weight in BC they go by the GVRW and axel weight, so you have to be good on both. if your truck is over that you have to get it under before you can leave and you get a ticket. the other was just a quick example as my dad got turned around at the BC/AB boarder as we didn't know you couldn't haul tandom in BC LOL. but yes they have to have a reason to pull you over, if you ride level and don't wander all over the road... chances are you will never get pulled over in BC. unless you pulling a car trailer... for some reason they automaticly assume your a comercial outfit if you have a car trailer on.. I got stopped twice when I moved from the island to the interior and had to explain I was moving and it was just so I could get the car and motor bike up in one trip and I wasnt getting paid to move it for someone else..:R
there is some " reciprocity" but that usaly aplies to small things like surge brakes on a boat trailer (not allowed to be sold here anymore) even trailer weight vs brakes are different in different provences so thats another one that falles under that.. but overloading at least in BC isnt one.. As a BC resident I need a heavy house trailer endorsent on my licence to tow my 5th wheel because of the weight, if you don't have that in your state thats something you can getaway with not having here.. there are probably more like max lenth and such that would be enforced also at the descresion of the officer, but for the most part just drive nice, look level and have a good holliday
