May-02-2018 10:20 PM
May-24-2018 02:23 PM
May-24-2018 11:54 AM
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May-24-2018 10:01 AM
ticki2 wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:If it were as simple as that states would charge according to axle numbers and make more money . Each state has their own formula for registration and taxes . Some make more sense than others. I find it interesting in these discussions that some feel that truck manufacturers GVWR is arbitrary but axle and tire ratings are absolute . Unless one has access to the engineering and testing data it's all guess work by the consumer.
Some people need longer to get it than others 😉
It should not be too hard to understand that GVWR is taxable number, when axles numbers is real capacity and that is what we should observe.
Fact that those numbers make big difference might be confusing, but who pays taxes on what he actually earns?
For some earning $90,000 and paying taxes on $40,000 is not confusing at all.
May-24-2018 06:24 AM
May-24-2018 06:13 AM
May-24-2018 05:44 AM
May-24-2018 05:36 AM
ardvark wrote:
Your point regarding engineering data is a good one. In follow-up to that, it seems to me it would make things simpler if manufacturers published less data. If they simply said, this model truck is designed to carry this much weight and tow this much weigh, wouldn't that make everyone happy?
May-24-2018 04:18 AM
May-24-2018 03:33 AM
Kayteg1 wrote:If it were as simple as that states would charge according to axle numbers and make more money . Each state has their own formula for registration and taxes . Some make more sense than others. I find it interesting in these discussions that some feel that truck manufacturers GVWR is arbitrary but axle and tire ratings are absolute . Unless one has access to the engineering and testing data it's all guess work by the consumer.
Some people need longer to get it than others 😉
It should not be too hard to understand that GVWR is taxable number, when axles numbers is real capacity and that is what we should observe.
Fact that those numbers make big difference might be confusing, but who pays taxes on what he actually earns?
For some earning $90,000 and paying taxes on $40,000 is not confusing at all.
May-23-2018 10:09 PM
wnjj wrote:
After all the posts back and forth, the undecideds ultimately pick a side, don’t they?
May-23-2018 07:00 PM
ardvark wrote:Not sure winning is the goal and there’s no way to know who all you may have influenced that don’t post. After all the posts back and forth, the undecideds ultimately pick a side, don’t they?
Doesn't seem like either side is winning does it?
May-23-2018 04:29 PM
May-23-2018 03:58 PM
ardvark wrote:
I don't understand what feels to me like a need of some folks to convince others of the rationale behind their decision. What am I missing?