Of course table 2 is showing stress on the roads. THAT is what wt cops enforce. Wts that the road bed/bridges etc can handle. If you have a rig with gawr's higher than what table 2 allows, you WILL get an overweight ticket! if you are under those wts, you will not get an overwt ticket, UNLESS, your paid for license is greater.
You can, and I know those that have gotten overwt tickets for being under there total paid for wt tags. The issue is that the load was not spread correctly. They may have 11500 on an FA, limit maybe 12K, Rear tandem is 30000, limit 34000, but the drive tandem has 36000 on it, limit again, is 34000. Yet they are under the 80K total paid for license! Since they are over the drivers by 2000 lbs, they get a ticket, fine etc for being overwt by 2000lbs. They THEN have to, if they can, move the load so that it is spread over ALL the axels under the max per the road stress limits. The driver will have 8 hrs if they can do it by hand, simple tools etc. If not, then they will be allowed to go forward, AFTER PAYING addition fee' for the damage to the roads they will cause.
Many RV's, not a lot, ie diesel pushers for example, if not loaded correctly will be over the RA amount. I wish these folks would get pulled over and fined. They may be under the fmvss limits of say 25K per axel, but they are over the road stress design at least here in the states by 5000 lbs.
Then one also has to ask about the link Wilber pointed out, and there is one dang near like it on the Wa St DOT site, what is and who's definition of GVWR are we using? The Manufactures GVWR? OR the leo in a wt shack/station/van with portable scales? ie the loads in table 2! Both numbers could be defined as a GVWR!
Marty
