Overloaded?
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For more detailed information you need to contact your local state's Motor Carrier Inspector or just stop by a weigh station and go inside to talk to the Weighmaster.
***And by the way, I hate the new Dodge Chargers (police interceptors). Give me back my old Crown Vic!***
***And by the way, I hate the new Dodge Chargers (police interceptors). Give me back my old Crown Vic!***
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Originally Posted by johnnysF350
In the average accident it's probably not going to make a difference. Unless you get a cop that's a real pr&*k that wants to go to the trouble of having you weighed to prove his case, which would be required. However, God forbid you go out overloaded, have a wreck and seriously mame or kill someone. You can rest assured it is gonna be a problem because they are going to check. Now the little traffic fine your gonna get is not going to be the problem. The help that this fact is gonna give the lawsuit against you is where the trouble is going to be.
Weight may get you in trouble to the point you’re in an accident but have never heard weight was the deciding factor on whether to sue or not. My advice: stay alert, drive within the posted speed limits or less, and always carry a substantial car insurance policy.
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the funny thing is I can legally (at least in the lower 48 states) gross 42000lbs with a f350. I have a trailer with 30000 gvw and the pickup is good for 12000. As long as I am not over that then the DOT says everything is fine. the gcvw rating was never questioned, all the tag says is gvw. All they ever cared about was having enough tires on the ground.
By the way Missouri was the hardest state I think I ever had to deal with, but all they had a problem with was my 53ft trailer. It is too long because my pickup has a flatbed on it and therefore is not considered a tractor in MO.
By the way Missouri was the hardest state I think I ever had to deal with, but all they had a problem with was my 53ft trailer. It is too long because my pickup has a flatbed on it and therefore is not considered a tractor in MO.
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Its been a while since I posted anything on this topic but its because I havent had the problem since. I have pulled the trailer 3 or 4 times since wrote and not once did I smell the burning. I had put about 8000 miles on the truck before I was able to pull it again and now have about 9500 and just pulled it this weekend and no smell.
It had to have been the last of the factory lube burning off.
Otherwise the truck pulls this 15,000 lb + trailer like a dream.
Overloaded and rollen on!
It had to have been the last of the factory lube burning off.
Otherwise the truck pulls this 15,000 lb + trailer like a dream.
Overloaded and rollen on!
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