Truck bed rails too high
A whiled ago a fellow was wanting to buy a new truck, but on all of them, the bed side rails were to high and would make his trailer sit very high in front. I found this in a Wal Mart parking lot. M...
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D.E.Bishop wrote:Nv Guy wrote:
Switching to a flatbed may have other implications. In CA a pick up converted to a flatbed becomes commercial and has different licensing requirements- none that are good.
I thought that all pickup trucks with one exception are considered commercial vehicles in California. A pick up with a permanent TC bolted to the truck can be licensed as a non-commercial vehicle just like a Class C.
May I ask what the other licensing requirements are and how they are not good?
In CA there is "commercial" and commercial With a flatbed or a pick up bed over 8' in length you are required to stop at the scales and can be subject to stating a max towing weight that your registration price is based on rather than the truck weight. In short-next time you go by a scale in Ca, there will be a sign saying no Pick ups, switch to a flat bed and you are no longer a pick up.
