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RinconVTR
Explorer
Dec 24, 2013

Payload "capacity/rating" - not even the OEM's agree?

There are two things that bother me most on this site, of which too many jump on the band wagon and become self-proclaimed experts repeating the same thing over and over until it becomes gospel. 1...
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Me_Again
Explorer III
Dec 24, 2013
wilber1 wrote:



Licensing for a different GVWR than placarded is intended for commercial operators.


In the State of Washington ALL pickups at licensed at 1.5 tare weight rounded to the next higher even ton.

Commercial or private makes no difference.

Regarding GVWR in BC, Jimnlin has posted a number of times about that, and points to where that ruling actually points to standard weight laws and LEO's doing the GVWR thing are mis-informed!

Chris

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