socaladam wrote:
Lwiddis wrote:
Clearly signed “Commercial Vehicles Only” in California.
A little known fact in CA. ANY personal truck with a plate that consist of 1 number + 1 letter + 5 numbers (1A23456) is a commercial plate. Same goes for the new plates in reverse order (65432A1).
So if CHP want's to be a jerk about it, the plates on your truck, even personally owned, are commercial plates and you are subject to the weigh station.
Not quite. Even though all pickup trucks are considered commercial vehicles in CA, not all of them have to stop at scales. They even have signs on the scales saying "NO PICKUPS". You will have to stop at the scales though and run the numbers on the side of the truck if your pickup meets one or more of the following:
A GVWR of 11,500 pounds or more
An unladen weight of 8,001 pounds or more
An open box-type bed exceeding nine feet
A utility body or flatbed instead of a pickup bed
My last Dodge dually from 2014 weighed over 8000 lbs and had a GVWR over 11,500. So technically I had to declare and pay for the extra weight of my choosing, run the weight stickers on the door and stop at scales if I was bobtailing, but was not required to stop if I had my 5th wheel attached. The older F450's were the first truck to run into this issue because of their weight and ratings. As long as you do not drive around without your RV attached you are cool. If you run into a cop or CHP that knows the law and wants to be a tin man, and you are running around bobtail without the proper paperwork, you can be in for a world of hurt.
