Tow vehicle registration
Has anyone registered their tow vehicle plate with a combined truck and trailer weight?
Forum Discussion
Bedlam wrote:
Paying for a single GCWR plate might make sense if the tow vehicle is always towing some trailer, otherwise it is better to pay for GVWR on each tow vehicle and trailer. My truck tows 75 percent of the miles I put on it but my other vehicles tow less than 10 percent of their mileage. I could see GCWR being an advantage if you have multiple trailers but just one tow vehicle...
Oregon just has “car” plates that are all the same price no matter what you haul or tow (exception below). No commercial BS. No weight ratings, etc., until you get trailers above 7k and then only with non-RV trailers. For those you get a T (truck) plate that is licensed for GCWR. The thing is that T-plated truck can pull any heavy trailer and they all have permanent plates with no annual cost. Makes sense to me since you can’t pull more than one at a time.
Motor homes, RV trailers and truck campers all have their own plates with price based upon length. They say the money from those mostly goes to the State Park dept. Under 7k cargo/flatbeds/horse have a renewable plate with a fixed price. This is one place that sucks as I have 3 and some get used very little, however the reasoning is that any/all could be towed by any vehicle at any time.
