Survey - who has had a citation for RV overweight?

4x4ord wrote:
British Columbia, Canada is the only jurisdiction that I am aware of that has a law in place concerning weights of RV's. Their law indicates that an RV or tow vehicle with a GVWR under 5500 KGs cannot be loaded over that maximum gross vehicle weight rating. In practice it is very unlikely that a 2500 Duramax towing a fifth wheel would ever run into trouble but if a car or truck is towing something with its headlights pointing to moon and a LEO sees him he can have the vehicle weighed and charge the driver accordingly.



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Funny enough, we did have some family friends that got pulled over for being overweight on the Coquihalla back in 2013. First year of their retirement, they were towing a 26 ft RV when they got pulled over by an RCMP officer for being unsafely overweight. It took a bit, but they actually managed to convince the officer that yes, their 93' Cadillac Fleetwood did in fact come with a 7000 lb towing package and they were legal. I've seen pictures, and the nose was pointing higher than the rear. Apparently to tow anything over 5000 lb, the rear air shocks have to be disabled. Having said that, they now have a nice Tahoe to handle towing duties.