California DMV weight fee

[smokeylew]

Man did I just get a shock. Opened my vehicle registration renewal notice for my 2016 Ram 3500 diesel and found a $308 weight fee. Add that to the license fee and all the other gobble gook and I'm shelling out $778 clams! :M

I did some research online and it appears that my truck is rated commercial and the only way to get it reclassified is make the bed permanently unusable by bolting in a camper that can never be taken out.

Have any of you guys gotten the same shock as I have? Is this just a California thing? Don't think this is fair but after thinking about all the $200 and $300 pops I've made each year for special this or thats, the $308 is cool just to be able to hear my diesel brakes rumble as I come down the hill. I can sell myself on most anything . . . Just don't tell my wife!

[tatest]

It is a California thing. In Oklahoma a one-ton pickup is a passenger vehicle.

[jake2250]

You know the best part?
Next year it will go up by about another $200!
You should call Jerry Brown and thank him for allowing you to own it and drive it in CA!! Don't forget to tell him how glad you are to pay the higher price for Fuel also!

[Old-Biscuit]

YEP....

That is CA registration.
Pick up trucks are 'COMMERCIAL' as far as registration fees.