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
Having been in the trucking business at one time with a specialized heavy hauler and I obtained a lot of permits, the DOT scale houses are mainly concerned with weight as far as concerns to road bed or bridge damage. Part of what is called the "bridge formula", which concerns how the weight is "bridged" over the road surface into the bed underneath, covers the width of the tires, single or dualed tires to "bridge" the road and if the axles are spaced more than 10' 1"s apart.
Have you ever heard about an RV being concerned if their weight is spaced over a certain axle spread - No. Think about it for a moment, as far as the DOT is concerned, they're not interested in an RV because no matter how heavy you loaded one, you couldn't get enough weight on it to damage the road base - even during spring break-up weight restrictions when the truckers start adding more axles to "bridge" the load out.
Yes, the DOT will pull safety inspections and log book inspections on trucks - things they don't bother with on RVs. They're interested in Commercial Safety.
Bill
Have you ever heard about an RV being concerned if their weight is spaced over a certain axle spread - No. Think about it for a moment, as far as the DOT is concerned, they're not interested in an RV because no matter how heavy you loaded one, you couldn't get enough weight on it to damage the road base - even during spring break-up weight restrictions when the truckers start adding more axles to "bridge" the load out.
Yes, the DOT will pull safety inspections and log book inspections on trucks - things they don't bother with on RVs. They're interested in Commercial Safety.
Bill
