Me Again wrote:
Here is an interesting one. *Alberta Transportation recommends that you do not exceed any of the three ratings
Read page four.
http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/Content/docType41/Production/recvehtowguide.pdf
and another
http://www.novascotia.ca/just/regulations/regs/mvwd.htm#TOC1_5
Look at table 2 page 14 in this one:
http://www.highwaysafetyroundtable.ca/member/documents/RAC%20Heavy%20Truck%2003.pdf
Chris
Interesting. In the case of table 2, I think those weights are all about stress on the roads, not the structural capability of trucks.
The Alberta article is good. Does "should" mean "shall"? What is the law? I had a chief pilot once who when people started treating "shoulds" in the operations manual as optional, wrote a letter stating "those who treat should as shall, should remain employed".
To muddy the waters even more. When it comes to school busses in BC the regs say categorically that the GVWR shall not be exceeded.
