New truck license problem
Well I purchased a 2015 F350 dually and the dealer insisted on taking care of the licensing. I had to go out of town for two weeks and when I returned my wife had picked up the plates and after revie...
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camperforlife wrote:
States vary but when I went from a half ton to a 2500 HD the clerk said to just forget the new weights and transfer the half ton plates. She said unless I am using the truck commercially no one will ever question it.
That is probably correct. Legally, probably wrong. It is just that if ONLY using for RV, they very seldom get checked.
I will give you a caveat though. IF it is legally required to have the full weight registered in your state.
Say you have a 5th wheel setup like mine was. Big toy hauler behind a dually. I grossed at a little over 28K. The office was going to license me for 12k, then we discussed the wt. issue.
IF I had gone with the 12k license, and, for some odd reason, I HAD been required to have DOT weigh me, I would have been 16k overweight!
At 16k overweight, the overweight fine would have been just north of $5,000! Odds of that happening to a RV are VERY small, and only apply in those states that do it that way, BUT, it would be REALLY expensive if one happened to get caught.
