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Kayteg1
Apr 28, 2019Explorer II
Grit dog wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:
I wouldn't call that "law"
It is "taxation" plain and simple.
Once I talk to DOT officer about those 3500 series trucks hauling commercially goosenecks with 5 vehicles on them (you do the math).
When I ask officer if it is legal, his answer was "we don't have reported problems" , so no reason to check potential law violation.
While this argument has been beat on about 10000x on here and I'm not the guy who worries about stuff like this, it absolutely is the "law" in some states and provinces.
You can't just buy weight on your license plates everywhere. Some states yes, others no.
If the OP is concerned with the "law" then it will be tough to stay within it with a heavy hard side camper and a larger trailer.
If he's not, then he has plenty of truck for a 8-9' long slide out camper and his car trailer.
Taxation is the law, but one who can be bought as you pointed ;)
But too many members take the door sticker as safety-oriented law, when it is not so.
If DOT doesn't care when you have 30,000 lb gooseneck on 15k rated truck, than why should you?
Than I hear that in Canada their traffic officers chase tax law breaking citizens, what is another story.
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