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From: Lady Lake FL
My 97 sales literature (for my fathers truck) states that with the 7.3 the GCVWR is 20k lbs. It is figured simply by adding truck weight and trailer weight. That leaves 12 to 13k lbs for the trailer. Hope this helps.
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Yeah the stupid hitch law lol. I have never been bothered about the hitch sticking out of the receiver. I know its not legal but every truck I see has hitch sticking out the back. 
RRranch, where were you living that they were trying to meter your well water lol? Crazy.
RRranch, where were you living that they were trying to meter your well water lol? Crazy.
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That hitch law may just be one of those things that they can use to get you to the side of the road if they suspect something else fishy is going on, but even then, what a stupid law. I talked to a Ohio state trooper friend of mine once and he said that he will rarely pull someone over for speeding unless he just wants to use that as an excuse to get inside their car for some other reason.
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The only time I thought I ever really thought about the hitch law was that time I whacked my leg off of it in the dark lol
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That was in Chambersburg Pa where the well water meter crap started. I almost forgot the other thing that got me mad. I had a 14 foot flatbed trailer that I bought in Tn. No title there required. In Pa though it is. But they would not give me a title for it. I even tried to register it as homemade. That didn't work.
What a mess.
That trailer hitch law is stupid but it sure does hurt smacking them with your shin. I have permanent scars on both of mine. Down here there is something else swinging from lots of back bumpers that I wish would be banned. They are so stupid!!!
What a mess.
That trailer hitch law is stupid but it sure does hurt smacking them with your shin. I have permanent scars on both of mine. Down here there is something else swinging from lots of back bumpers that I wish would be banned. They are so stupid!!!
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That was in Chambersburg Pa where the well water meter crap started. I almost forgot the other thing that got me mad. I had a 14 foot flatbed trailer that I bought in Tn. No title there required. In Pa though it is. But they would not give me a title for it. I even tried to register it as homemade. That didn't work.
What a mess.
That trailer hitch law is stupid but it sure does hurt smacking them with your shin. I have permanent scars on both of mine. Down here there is something else swinging from lots of back bumpers that I wish would be banned. They are so stupid!!!
What a mess.
That trailer hitch law is stupid but it sure does hurt smacking them with your shin. I have permanent scars on both of mine. Down here there is something else swinging from lots of back bumpers that I wish would be banned. They are so stupid!!!
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
I have my 86 250 registered for 20,000 in WV.
8,800 pound registration is about 30 dollars a year.
20,000 pound registration is 135 a year.
And commercial insurance to go with the 20,000 pound registration, again an increase in dollars.
What really makes no sense to me, take any combination of recreational vehicle, regular pickup plates and drivers license no matter how heavy or long.
If it even looks like it may be a business use, CDL for anything over 26,000 pounds gross weight, DOT number, business plates with a rating high enough to cover the gross weight of the entire vehicle.
As for Pa, there have been some rather strange stories about how they figure weights and requirements for trucks come out of there.
One of the last ones I heard was a 16,000 pound rated trailer, empty, behind a truck registered for 11,000 pounds, also empty except for the trailer.
And if I remember right, the trailer was a horse trailer.
The driver was busted for not having a CDL, because the max rated loads of both truck and trailer added together were more than 26,000 pounds, even though the actual weight was much less.
8,800 pound registration is about 30 dollars a year.
20,000 pound registration is 135 a year.
And commercial insurance to go with the 20,000 pound registration, again an increase in dollars.
What really makes no sense to me, take any combination of recreational vehicle, regular pickup plates and drivers license no matter how heavy or long.
If it even looks like it may be a business use, CDL for anything over 26,000 pounds gross weight, DOT number, business plates with a rating high enough to cover the gross weight of the entire vehicle.
As for Pa, there have been some rather strange stories about how they figure weights and requirements for trucks come out of there.
One of the last ones I heard was a 16,000 pound rated trailer, empty, behind a truck registered for 11,000 pounds, also empty except for the trailer.
And if I remember right, the trailer was a horse trailer.
The driver was busted for not having a CDL, because the max rated loads of both truck and trailer added together were more than 26,000 pounds, even though the actual weight was much less.
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I had just bought this truck and went back to the notary and he had not sent my paperwork in to the state yet. It does have a space for combination weight, the notary did not have too much experience with this but he put down 25K as a combination weight so I will see if it goes through and comes back with a combination weight on my registration. I did not pay anything extra for registration fee. The most they can do is kick it back and request more information, then at least I will know what they want. My buddy, who is a trooper is not clear on it either, he is asking a DOT guy for me.
As far as a ticket for not haveing a CDL they way they added the weight sounds suspicious but I do know that you must have a CDL if the vehicle is registered for over 26K regardless of what it weighs at the time you are stopped.
As far as a ticket for not haveing a CDL they way they added the weight sounds suspicious but I do know that you must have a CDL if the vehicle is registered for over 26K regardless of what it weighs at the time you are stopped.
... who writes these things?