Differences between 3/4 and 1 ton trucks ?
I’m looking at purchasing a bigger truck. Not sure if I need a 3/4 or 1 ton yet. Looking through the Auto Trader , there appears to be far more 1 ton trucks available in my area (Alberta). The price d...
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Lwiddis wrote:
“AB Trans enforcement takes a dim view of overloading tires.”
Good for Alberta! I wish California would.
The 50 States can not afford to use the actual tire label for max carrying capacity. OR, they can lose federal funding on roads for building and maintenance of roads that are federally funded. They HAVE to give you 20K per axel, with the only reduction being tire width, ie as little as 500 lbs per inch of tire. As that is the engineers spec for what the road can handle weight wise from a design limit. So until the "Federal Bridge Laws" are repealed, which probably will not happen tomorrow, those are the limits ANY and ALL LEO/CVEO type folks are to enforce. Being over the manufactures limits is not generally speaking, a jailable offense. You can be fined for being overweight, but not jailed per say. Nor is it a fine/ticket that will follow your driving record.
Marty
