Gcwr
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I have been looking forever now, and can't find this anywhere. I have a 1994 Turbo diesel w/ 5 spd and 4.10 gears. What can i pull with this? I am registered for 20k. My trailer is a 34' gn w/ a 15,600 capacity, but it's only 5k empty. How much can I put in this is my question?
Post Fiend
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
To be legal, hook the trailer up, fill the truck with fuel and all the other things you normally carry with you.
Go find a set of sacles and get your lite weight for the entire rig.
Now take that weight off of the 20,000 pounds you are registered for.
What is left is how much you can carry legally.
Also don't forget that all states have axle weight laws, some states have bridge laws that say the weight you can carry changes with the distance between the axles and number of axles. This means you have to watch how you load the trailer closely.
Check with the state Department OF Transportation or Public Service Commision of every state you plan to travel through to make sure you are in compliance with their laws before you get to find out the hard and expensive way.
If you are hauling as a for hire carrier, you may also have to get a fuel tax stamp for each state as well as apportioned license plates.
Go find a set of sacles and get your lite weight for the entire rig.
Now take that weight off of the 20,000 pounds you are registered for.
What is left is how much you can carry legally.
Also don't forget that all states have axle weight laws, some states have bridge laws that say the weight you can carry changes with the distance between the axles and number of axles. This means you have to watch how you load the trailer closely.
Check with the state Department OF Transportation or Public Service Commision of every state you plan to travel through to make sure you are in compliance with their laws before you get to find out the hard and expensive way.
If you are hauling as a for hire carrier, you may also have to get a fuel tax stamp for each state as well as apportioned license plates.
Post Fiend
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
What most states look at is what weight are you paying to haul down the road.
I just saw a 3500 Chevy with a fifth wheel tandem axle dual wheel trailer hauling a 450 John Deere dozer down today.
That Dozer weighs just over 15,000 and it also had a winch that adds about 3000.
So a one ton truck with a big trailer, and a 18,000 pound payload on the trailer?
You tell me.
Then go out on the interstate and look at the guys with one tons and those big car trailers hauling 2 or 3 vans or 3 or 4 cars. Then when you look at the truck you see something like 32,000 GVW and a PSC, ICC or DOT number painted on the door or bed.
But you can believe they are paying big dollars to do that.
To title a pickup in WV as a personal vehicle, 8000 or 8600 GVW costs 28 dollars a year.
To title the same truck with a 20,000 GVW costs 135 dollars a year.
When you get into interstate transportation for hire, you have to keep track of the miles you drive in each state, divide by your mileage, and buy enough fuel in each state to run the miles you ran.
I just saw a 3500 Chevy with a fifth wheel tandem axle dual wheel trailer hauling a 450 John Deere dozer down today.
That Dozer weighs just over 15,000 and it also had a winch that adds about 3000.
So a one ton truck with a big trailer, and a 18,000 pound payload on the trailer?
You tell me.
Then go out on the interstate and look at the guys with one tons and those big car trailers hauling 2 or 3 vans or 3 or 4 cars. Then when you look at the truck you see something like 32,000 GVW and a PSC, ICC or DOT number painted on the door or bed.
But you can believe they are paying big dollars to do that.
To title a pickup in WV as a personal vehicle, 8000 or 8600 GVW costs 28 dollars a year.
To title the same truck with a 20,000 GVW costs 135 dollars a year.
When you get into interstate transportation for hire, you have to keep track of the miles you drive in each state, divide by your mileage, and buy enough fuel in each state to run the miles you ran.
