Yes, that tends to be bad if you get pulled over by a CVEO.
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Yep, they all do. But for us, not sure how many people know this, but we have whats called "weigh in motion". Its basically scales in the ground and they watch a monitor as a truck passes over it. Then they physically weight it.
exactly, people towing boats and landscapers are not the ones they look for.
Yaj Yak, to be honest I really dont know, we have a specialized division of guys (the dudes in the suv's) that only do truck enforcement. Anytime we have a question we go right to them. Its just like if you ask a truck guy a canine question, they call me. With that said, I will find out for you. Ill text one of my guys now. Just for clarification, this is just a flat bed trailer you would tow a car on? Is this for business or for personal? (ie are you getting paid is the magic question). And can you tell me if the combined GVWR with the truck and the trailer would exceed 10,000 lbs.
must be an "up here" thing then because I know of plenty of boaters up 'round this way that get hassled.
Called the CVEO M/Sgt, need pretty much what I posted and if you can take a picture of the tongue of the trailer, there shoud be a sticker on there. He said that if you meet the criteria in 625 ilcs 5/13-111, then the sticker is valid for one year from the date of inspection. GVWR of the truck then GVWR of the trailer. What you are plated for is completely irrelevant when it comes to meeting the criteria of an inspection. Meaning you could be plated for 80,000 pounds, the plate only covers the actual weight in regards to registration even though the trailer is only 8,000 lbs. So you never go off what the registration is when it comes to vehicle weight. If that makes sense.
I will text you a pic when I get around my trailer.
It's a boat trailer.
My truck I weighed one night and a DOT scale in Richmond and it was this:
Front axle:
Rear axle:
So... it's a sneeze away from 8k lbs.
My truck has a wisconsin <8k lbs plate.
The GVWR sticker on my truck says 11,000 lbs.
My boat trailer has an Illinois TC plate, my boat is reported to be around 5500lbs dry weight.
That wouldn't account for fuel/batteries/shit inside the boat.
Trailer i'd guess is around 1500-2000 lbs.
so my boat/trailer tow weight may be pretty close to 8k if not over.
This is all for personal use, just me pulling my own boat trailer.
Your truck probably weights somewhere around 7,100#'s dry. Only another 900#'s of occupants, gear, tongue weight on the truck axles and you'll be over your weight class on those B plates and that's an expensive ticket. That's one thing the truck enforcement guys seem to like to do is pick on the 2500/3500 trucks that are running B's.
I run B plates on all of my 2500 plow trucks and D/F plates on my 3500 RAM and F-550 respectively, but, they're zero option gasoline single cabs and I really don't tow much with them. They probably weigh around 5,800 so I've got a decent buffer before 8,000. Only one I'd be concerned with is my one truck with a 100 gallon transfer tank. Figure another 700#'s of fuel. I guess if I were to have a full tank of fuel, plow on the front towing a skid steer I'd be over but that's like a "fuck we're screwed" scenario to have all of that happening at once lol.
maybe someone else can field this, or maybe you know, but if you have to go get weighed, and they weigh each axle, do they weigh the truck with a trailer hooked up or no? or do they disconnect the trailer to take weight off the truck to get accurate truck weight.
I disagree, the ones they are looking for are the landscapers with a bobcat held down with string /exaggeration. We continually have crashes with landscapers and Bobcats coming loose and hitting cars. When the public and attorneys ask what we are doing about it, obviously we have to act. Kinda part of our job to react to what the public voices concerns about
like I said above, it may be more common "up 'round here"
I know of a few boat guys who have been hassled near the chain.
