Eh Weight Police!

[franco_ontarien]

And it wasn't even a dually.

Putting it here in truck campers, because that's what I have and where I see the most comments on weight...

https://driving.ca/chevrolet/silverado/auto-news/news/ontario-driver-ticketed-for-towing-53-foot-semi-trailer-with-chevy-silverado

Discuss...

[gbopp]

This was Posted Just Before Christmas.
It had several comments.

[Bedlam]

I see pickup trucks with goosenecks moving empty container boxes often. filling one up with Styrofoam peanuts or potato chips could easily be done within OEM ratings.

[twodownzero]

While I doubt he had a heavy duty enough hitch to deal with the tow dolly, it is hypothetically possible that the trailer would have been within its tow ratings and GVWR. I could almost certainly pull that trailer, empty, with my SRW 1 ton truck without overloading it. I'd probably even have a few thousand pounds of GCWR to spare.

[sonuvabug]

Norfolk County is where the farm boys live and play. Inventive lot apparently!

[Grit_dog]

Seen this already. Was thinking more along the ingenious route than the stupid route!
(It really is dumb, but I bet everyone would be surprised how well it towed. Usta move 44’ float trailers, empty, on and off the road in and out of our work zone with a dolly hooked to the pintle hitch on a F350 on one job. Never went more than 20-30mph, but it worked ok.)

[mellow]

That is not overweight, that is just plain stupidity. He deserved the ticket with that home rigged setup. That is just reckless.