Weigh Station ??
We were driving our 38 ft Class A MH West on I-20. As we entered MS a sign said "All Vehicles Over 5 Tons Must Enter". I didn't. Surely they meant DOT vehicles and trucks, right? Is a RV ever requ...
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JaxDad wrote:way2roll wrote:
Why is this even a conversation? Non commercial RV's do not need to stop at weigh stations. Period. There is no "what if you are wrong".
You can’t just make a blanket statement like that, it’s wrong. Period.
There are numerous states require all RVs over 10,000 pounds to stop. Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Island, Washington (State), and Wisconsin require private RVs, specialty vehicles, passenger vehicles, and trailers over 10,000 lbs to stop.
I personally saw a DP MH get run down by a LEO that came out of an open scale when it tried to drive past it in Michigan.
I've towed through most of those states and I've never ever stopped at a weigh station. My rig is conspicuous enough to catch their attention and I'm slow enough that they could have caught me if they cared.
I accidentally pulled into a weigh station when I was in the wrong lane on the SB 15 just past the NV/CA state line. I gave the universal shrug symbol for "please don't hate me for being an idiot" and the nice CHP officer nodded and waved as I pulled through his station without stopping.
RVs being required to stop at weigh stations is in the same category of urban myths for me as "undigested chewing gum takes seven years to pass through your system".
