Truck registration must be for a higher weight than the truck, trailer load, occupants and fuel weigh.

In other words, if you have your load on and people in the truck as it will be driving down the road, your registered weight has to be greater than the complete rig weighs.

I have mine licensed for 20,000 pounds, 135 dollars a year.
My insurance is also for 20,000 pounds, more than a regular truck insurance.

If you are getting paid to drive, like I'll give you 150 dollars to haul this thing from Elkins to Clarksburg, then you need a Class D license.

If the trailer weight is over 10,000 pounds, you need Class A CDL license and a DOT number.
If the registered gross weight is over 26,000 pounds you need a Class A CDL.
If you need a Class A CDL, you also need a physical card to carry with you.

If you have to have a DOT number, you also have to have a name legible from 50 feet displayed on your truck.


RV's are exempt.

Never heard of anything like that either.



10,000 pound skid steer, 3,500 pound trailer, 8,000 pound truck = 21,500 pounds

I am over registered gross by 1,500 pounds.

Yes, there are no DOT numbers or name, that picture was older than the law.
This is all because of 9/11 changes.

My question is this, can you hide a bigger bomb on that flatbed trailer in the picture?
Or the 35 foot fifth wheel RV trailer I see running down I 79 behind an F 350?

Makes perfect sense to someone in the government though.