GVWR or GAWR

djg wrote:
Hi lap527 hope all is going well, thanks to all who replied I was really wanting to know about my USA travels and because I am legal at home and registered right I guess I'm good where ever I go thanks again to all

Dave

There is also the concept of "reciprocity" which means for the most part, if you are legal where you came from you are legal here.

Reality is, nobody cares about weight when it comes to RVs in the USA. If you try to pull in a weigh station you will be waved through at best, chewed out for wasting the DOT's time at worst.

As long as you are driving like a sane person, aren't dragging anything and/or nothing's falling off, you have nothing to worry about.

mountainkowboy wrote:
The ability of your truck FAR EXCEEDS what it is rated for.

Some people neither believe or understand this.

I do. ;)

"In BC you are legal if you are legal at home"
is overstatements. When some vehicle requirements can be grandfathered from your home jurisdiction, some will not.
Typical sample are semitrailers, who can be double towed in Canada, WA, OR, but the 2nd trailer needs to be unhooked when entering CA.
Typical RV sample is big motorhome pulling long trailer.
Lot of states allow for the combo to be 75' long, but only 65' in California.
True is that nobody have seen CHP with tape measure in his hand, but the law is there.
Same with DOT scales were never been enforced in the past, but in last years we hear more and more about by passers chasing.

In BC you are legal if you are legal at home. However, for BCers you must not be over your GVWR. I think Alberta is GAWR like B.C. in B.C. they occasionally check at roadside safety stop campaigns. They have small portable scales. Having said that if it looks level and balanced they leave you alone.

Hi lap527 hope all is going well, thanks to all who replied I was really wanting to know about my USA travels and because I am legal at home and registered right I guess I'm good where ever I go thanks again to all

Dave

djg wrote:
I have to post a question here, in my province of Ontario Canada the DOT says the door sticker of GVWR is not what they go by but the GAWR is what they use to determine if you are overweight. My truck says GVWR is 10,000 lbs but my GAWR is over 11,000 lbs, the DOT licensed my truck for 11,000 lbs because I am approx. 10,500 to 10,800 fully loaded depending what I bring with me so the question I have are you legal or not if I am legal in my province? I know this has been disguised before but I could not find any threads on it.

Dave

HI Dave!!!

mountainkowboy wrote:
Oh my truck is NOT tagged commercial in Oregon, it's tagged as an RV and fee's are on my gross combined rating...AND I have to pay tags on the TC too.

That shows how different rules can be in different states or provinces.
I had my truck/TC registered as and RV in California and the fee was not weigh-related.
1 ton or 40 ton RVs pay the same and no tags on TC.
Funny part in CA, having TC on my RV truck I could pull 30.000 lb trailer with bulldozer on it, still not paying any more fees.

Oh my truck is NOT tagged commercial in Oregon, it's tagged as an RV and fee's are on my gross combined rating...AND I have to pay tags on the TC too.

We need to start with basic that :
GVWR is taxable rating and you can get a ticket for not paying taxes for the weight you are carrying
GAWR is technical rating and exceeding it indicates safety issue, so in extreme situation the vehicle might get impounded
Also bare in mind that when you have "commercial" on your registration (and in lot of cases you will) - you have legal obligation to observe DOT scales on your way.
My truck has NV registration, who doesn't recognize commercial at all, yet in WA the automated system pulled me over to the scales.

You are registered and licensed for 11K IN your Province

You are NOT going to be legal OR illegal in the USA because:
*you properly registered
*NO one os going to be weighing your truck
*No statutes concerning GVWR