Tired of your NYS Commercial Plates?
I finally got sick and tired of the insanity of the NY State DMV requiring that pick-ups over 6000 lbs be register as commercial vehicles. The actual use of the vehicle should determine the whether o...
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BeerBrewer wrote:Stop, you don't need to install anything. A privately owned vehicle with commercial plates is not held to the same standard as a business owned vehicle with commercial plates and DOT numbers.
Grit dog....yeah I know that I have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting the law changed.
I was originally looking to buy a 1500 but most of the trailers that we were considering started to max out the trucks payload capacity. So we went with a 2500. In the end, I'm probably going to cap the truck, install some sort of seat bracket and register it as a passenger vehicle.
In 15 years at my old job, between F150s and F250s I've never had a problem in NYC or upstate parkway with any pickup truck having commercial plates and not DOT numbers shown.
NYC specifically says to be considered commercial it needs to have commercial plates AND displaying DOT numbers, which you don't have to do as a private vehicle.
Let me say it again, YOU DO NOT NEED TO DISPLAY DOT NUMBERS ON A PRIVATELY OWNED AND COMMERCIALLY PLATED 1/2, 3/4 OR 1 TON PICKUP TRUCK.
