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devildog1971
Nov 27, 2020Explorer
The so called weight police, have a jurisdiction that primarily deals with commercial vehicles, technically a dual wheeled axle can haul 22 thousand pounds and not be overweight the same with the steer axle. That does not mean you can haul that weight it is a guide for commercial vehicles there is also a bridge law (nothing to do with actual bridges) the distance between the front axle and drive axles and then the rear trailer axles, 22 thousand pounds usually can never be shifted to the steer axle cab over trucks usually can shift more than a conventional tractor, the overall weight of most tractor trailer trucks is a maximum of 80 thousand pounds. I doubt any state scale house or officers with portable scales have ever stopped any truck and camper and checked their gross vehicle weight sticker. If your rig wobbles uncontrollable or your bumper is dragging the ground you might get stopped for a safety violation. If you drive through a state weigh station in a R.V. they usually wave you on unless you pull to the side and they are not busy with trucks backed up then they will weigh you give you a print out and say goodby
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