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
Glad to see Mr Wadcutter backing up what I have said many times on here. Usually get told I am wrong. It would take a LOT for an RV'r to be over weight. Even if you include the max per tire width here in Wa st, you would only get about 10K-11K lbs per axel with a single tire axel. Tell me, how many of you with single tires per axel are over this amount? thought so!
As one has also asked. Does this mean I can be over the manufactures rating.....not sure how many times I have been pulled over at 150% of manufactures gvw, and NOT gotten an over weight ticket. As I was UNDER my paid for license/registration, along with under the bridge law max per axel.
As far as ambulance chasing lawyers......well, you can be UNDER said manufacture warranty/performance ratings, and still get sued for ALL you are worth and then some......
GCWR is not an enforceable weight by ANY weight LEO/CVEO etc. Only the manufacture, and RV.net weight police.
As I understand the weight laws, one can not be jailed per say for being overweight! you will have time to move the load as many stated, so you are under weight. Along with the fine is not considered a moving violation, so it does not go against your actual driving record. Get caught speeding is worst than being overweight!
At the end of the day. I am NOT worried about my manufacture ratings from a legal standpoint when it comes to Wadcutter and his buddies in the scale house, vans etc with portable scales. AS LONG, as my paid for gvw rating for my truck is over what I weigh. Which means, if I run down the road at 8600 lbs per my door sticker in my 2000 chev C2500. I could/might get an overload ticket for 600 lbs! as that is what I have paid for license at. My Navistar with a 26K paid for plate, has a door sticker of 18200. Got pulled over once at just under 27K, told to get a 28K plate within 10 days......but that rock coming out from the barn doors ticket was painful!
Marty
As one has also asked. Does this mean I can be over the manufactures rating.....not sure how many times I have been pulled over at 150% of manufactures gvw, and NOT gotten an over weight ticket. As I was UNDER my paid for license/registration, along with under the bridge law max per axel.
As far as ambulance chasing lawyers......well, you can be UNDER said manufacture warranty/performance ratings, and still get sued for ALL you are worth and then some......
GCWR is not an enforceable weight by ANY weight LEO/CVEO etc. Only the manufacture, and RV.net weight police.
As I understand the weight laws, one can not be jailed per say for being overweight! you will have time to move the load as many stated, so you are under weight. Along with the fine is not considered a moving violation, so it does not go against your actual driving record. Get caught speeding is worst than being overweight!
At the end of the day. I am NOT worried about my manufacture ratings from a legal standpoint when it comes to Wadcutter and his buddies in the scale house, vans etc with portable scales. AS LONG, as my paid for gvw rating for my truck is over what I weigh. Which means, if I run down the road at 8600 lbs per my door sticker in my 2000 chev C2500. I could/might get an overload ticket for 600 lbs! as that is what I have paid for license at. My Navistar with a 26K paid for plate, has a door sticker of 18200. Got pulled over once at just under 27K, told to get a 28K plate within 10 days......but that rock coming out from the barn doors ticket was painful!
Marty
