GVWR choices
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GVWR choices
I have a specific question about the "option" of the 9,900/10,000 for the F250/F350 ....
What is the nature of this "rating" option? Is the purpose of this option to "rate" a truck downward in GVWR, so that a lower registration may be employed at the time of plating the vehicle?
This isn't an "up-rate" is it?
I don't care about the registration; I want whatever would give me the higher GVWR status. So if I order the truck, do I want this to "up-rate", or avoid it as a "down-rate" ???
Not sure how to interpret the "option" on the Ford site.
What is the nature of this "rating" option? Is the purpose of this option to "rate" a truck downward in GVWR, so that a lower registration may be employed at the time of plating the vehicle?
This isn't an "up-rate" is it?
I don't care about the registration; I want whatever would give me the higher GVWR status. So if I order the truck, do I want this to "up-rate", or avoid it as a "down-rate" ???
Not sure how to interpret the "option" on the Ford site.
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It's a paper reduction of the GVWR to avoid state level taxes and classifications on trucks. For example, in CA 15,000 GVWR (on a 350) forces a truck to be classified as commercial which jacks up the insurance and tag pricing.
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One caveat. The flip side of that coin is even though your truck is likely capable of a going over the GVWR, if you do so and have an accident and then are found to be overweight, you may have some legal culpability.
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I have read that a lot but think it would be more likely you would have some risk if you were overweight of the licensing requirements in your state. I'm not trying to start a fight but the games played with GVW for the sole reason to regulate commercial vehicles drives me crazy.
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I have read that a lot but think it would be more likely you would have some risk if you were overweight of the licensing requirements in your state. I'm not trying to start a fight but the games played with GVW for the sole reason to regulate commercial vehicles drives me crazy.
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In my area it isn't licencing it's the HOA C&Rs. Many HOAs prohibit you from parking a truck with a GVWR of more than 10K lbs at your home. In practice it means that most 350/3500 trucks are over the max while 250/2500s are under.
I found out about this after buying an F350 a few years ago. I had one person complain and managed to hold off any enforcement until I traded it on my current F250.
The purpose of the rule is to prevent somebody from keeping a commercial truck parked in front of their $million+ home. But there is always some jerk that sees the F350 badge on the fender of somebody's $80K Platinum and doesn't care about the actual purpose.
I found out about this after buying an F350 a few years ago. I had one person complain and managed to hold off any enforcement until I traded it on my current F250.
The purpose of the rule is to prevent somebody from keeping a commercial truck parked in front of their $million+ home. But there is always some jerk that sees the F350 badge on the fender of somebody's $80K Platinum and doesn't care about the actual purpose.
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All pickups in California are registered as a commercial vehicles. As long as your pickup has a pickup bed that is less than 9 feet and the truck has a GVWR of 11,500 or less you are exempt from having to get a weight sticker, CA numbers, motor carrier permit, commercial insurance policy, and DOT numbers. It's on the CA website. If you have a pickup with a bed, registered to a company you are exempt from the weight sticker, CA numbers, motor carrier permit, commercial insurance policy, and DOT numbers as long as the vehicle has a GVWR less than 10,000. If its more than 10,001 you have to get all that stuff. So the 9,900 GVWR matters to companies, not so important for personal use.
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All pickups in California are registered as a commercial vehicles. As long as your pickup has a pickup bed that is less than 9 feet and the truck has a GVWR of 11,500 or less you are exempt from having to get a weight sticker, CA numbers, motor carrier permit, commercial insurance policy, and DOT numbers. It's on the CA website. If you have a pickup with a bed, registered to a company you are exempt from the weight sticker, CA numbers, motor carrier permit, commercial insurance policy, and DOT numbers as long as the vehicle has a GVWR less than 10,000. If its more than 10,001 you have to get all that stuff. So the 9,900 GVWR matters to companies, not so important for personal use.
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