Wadcutter,
1. Can you explain IL "B" plates B-Truck (gross weight 8,000 lbs. or less) and how much you can haul with them? - What I can find is that "B" plates are based on the weight of the vehicle, not how much they carry, as long as they initially weigh less than 8,000lbs (See below & this link:
B-Plate under 8,000 lbs2. Assuming that the truck weighs more than 8001 lbs (D plates or more), then the lic. "tax" is based on how much weight pay for (regardless of the door plate?)
So, if you are below 8,000 lbs and have "B" plates how much can you legally haul?
You said previously:It depends on what your registered weight is. You can register you vehicle for whatever weight you want to haul. However, if your truck's empty weight is 7500 lbs then of course it wouldn't do you any good to register it for 6000 lbs as empty you'd already be 1500 lbs over your registered weight. If you registered that same truck for 8000 lbs then you could carry an additional 500 lbs on the registered plates. If you want to haul more than the 500 lbs then you need to pay more tax, ie registration, to haul whatever load you want to haul.
From IL Sec of State Newsletter:Registered weight
requirements for second
division vehicles
The Illinois Vehicle Code (IVC), Chapter 3, contains
registration requirements for all vehicles operated
on Illinois roadways. Articles IV and VIII of
Chapter 3 specifically address registration
requirements for second division vehicles or
trucks.
All references to the registered weight of a vehicle
are referred to as “gross weight.” Gross weight is
defined as “the weight of the vehicle whether
operated singly or in combination without load
plus the weight of the load thereon” (625 ILCS
5/1-125).
The only way this weight can be
determined is to actually weigh the vehicle.
{RVCAMPER: This would seem to support that if you weigh less than 8,000 lbs you qualifiy for "B" plates, my question then is how much can you hual?}
The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of a
vehicle is the maximum weight of the vehicle and
load that can be safely transported by that
vehicle. This rating is assigned by the
manufacturer.
From IL Sec of State Newsletter:No references are made anywhere
in Chapter 3 of the IVC to the registered weight
and the GVWR. Section 5/3-401(d), subparagraphs
(1) and (3) of the IVC both clearly
state that no person shall be considered in
violation of the registration provisions of the Code
unless the total gross weight of the vehicle
exceeds the total licensed weight of the vehicle.
Note: Bolding is only added for emphasis. It IS contained in the contents of the newsletter article.
