Survey - who has had a citation for RV overweight?
Details appreciated like where, details of weight, fine or jail time, did your rig get towed, were you handcuffed...
Forum Discussion
nickthehunter wrote:
There is no way anyone ever received a ticket for being overweight. The only law regarding weight is you can not exceed 20,000 lbs per axle or 80,000 lbs gross weight. Anyone have an RV approaching either of those numbers? There is in some jurisdiction a "registration" weight. In those areas the more weight you want to tow, the higher your vehicle license plate fees. So if you want to tow more, you pay more. There is no limit to how much your can "registration" weight can be. If you didn't pay the proper vehicle license plate fee, you could be ticketed for exceeding your "registered" weight.
The laws regarding weight only apply to COMMERCIAL vehicles in 99% of the states. Many states don't even weigh buses. Some states do weigh Rental vehicles..why? no one with any sense knows.
So these laws only apply to vehicles that have an ICC registration number and weigh 26001 LBS or more.
If you are in an RV you are not subject to these federal and state weight laws.
