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Bob & Betsy - USN Aviation Ret'd '78 & LEO Ret'd '03 & "Oath Keeper Forever"
May-09-2015 11:32 AM
mpierce wrote:Yep, that's the way Missouri is: you pay for what your total weight will be. I had a hiway patrolman comment that it was nice to see that my truck was properly licensed for what I weighed: 23,000 lbs.. I got the impression he had given a few tickets for improper registration/weight.camperforlife wrote:
States vary but when I went from a half ton to a 2500 HD the clerk said to just forget the new weights and transfer the half ton plates. She said unless I am using the truck commercially no one will ever question it.
That is probably correct. Legally, probably wrong. It is just that if ONLY using for RV, they very seldom get checked.
I will give you a caveat though. IF it is legally required to have the full weight registered in your state.
Say you have a 5th wheel setup like mine was. Big toy hauler behind a dually. I grossed at a little over 28K. The office was going to license me for 12k, then we discussed the wt. issue.
IF I had gone with the 12k license, and, for some odd reason, I HAD been required to have DOT weigh me, I would have been 16k overweight!
At 16k overweight, the overweight fine would have been just north of $5,000! Odds of that happening to a RV are VERY small, and only apply in those states that do it that way, BUT, it would be REALLY expensive if one happened to get caught.
May-09-2015 05:38 AM
camperforlife wrote:
States vary but when I went from a half ton to a 2500 HD the clerk said to just forget the new weights and transfer the half ton plates. She said unless I am using the truck commercially no one will ever question it.
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May-08-2015 01:26 PM
brnzbk wrote:
I just spoke with the title clerk and she said the reason it was titled for 10K is because that is all I was charged for when I purchased the vehicle. I was not told that but it doesn't matter because the only way to fix it is for me to go down to the license office and increase the plate rate rating myself.
So if I understand this correctly, my truck weighs 8K, I hook up my fifth wheel which has a pin weight of 2500, that puts me at 10500 with no fuel, passengers, fifth wheel cargo and hitch, but I'm still OK with a 10K license? I was under the impression i needed to be licensed for all of that, so perhaps I misunderstood the license ratings, if so then all is good. I just wanted to be sure I did everything correctly since this is my first fifth wheel, obviously I still have a lot to learn.
May-08-2015 12:38 PM
Bob & Betsy - USN Aviation Ret'd '78 & LEO Ret'd '03 & "Oath Keeper Forever"
May-08-2015 12:30 PM
trail-explorer wrote:
FOrget trying to get an answer about "licensing laws" from the dealer.
Go to your local licensing agent and they will fix ya up.
May-08-2015 12:24 PM