Tow vehicle registration
Has anyone registered their tow vehicle plate with a combined truck and trailer weight?
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Yes, your plate in Missouri is dependent on your total weight. If you license your truck for 12,000 lb. combined weight, and are pulling a 15,000 lb. trailer, you can be ticketed if stopped and checked.
I was stopped for not having a correct year license plate mounted on the truck. I had the plate just had neglected to mount it. The highway patrolman commented that at least I had the proper weight plates. They were 23,000 lb. plates, and I was pulling a 15,000 lb. 5th wheel. He could easily have called out the roving weight patrol, weighed my truck and trailer, and given me a ticket if I was overweight for my tags.
That's why you would want to.
I was stopped for not having a correct year license plate mounted on the truck. I had the plate just had neglected to mount it. The highway patrolman commented that at least I had the proper weight plates. They were 23,000 lb. plates, and I was pulling a 15,000 lb. 5th wheel. He could easily have called out the roving weight patrol, weighed my truck and trailer, and given me a ticket if I was overweight for my tags.
That's why you would want to.
