Hauling Heavy- Recreational Vehicles

[M4wdFab]

Just talked to Nate- who purchased a 48' tri axle goose with quarters.  plans to haul with 12valve, 2 buggies and gear.  he will be over 26k so i warned him of what i have learned.


He called the DMV, DOT, local troopers, sargant of weights and measurement from state police, then Albany.  None able to help or tell him what to do.

love NY

[Nick]

Just get your cdl a and take all the questions out of it. Problem solved and now you have one other thing people may need and a opportunity to make money.

[etk300ex]

that is so ridiculous...

[GBR928]

Wow


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[JEEPWERX]

Because its all BS. Just like the DOT numbers. It's yet again another way to wring money out of us.
So
I bring up the question again...
Why the big worry?
Have any of us ever been pulled over, forcefully weighed and ticketed?
Mike mike doesn't  count because he is for hire.
And Nick F is hauling construction equipment that is for hire.

I'm referring to transporting unregistered and or untitled offroad vehicles. Regardless of whether they are in a  competition or not.

Just Run it.

[mr.mindless]

It's not a problem until it's a problem!

And then it's a 10k fine and having to drop your trailer or find someone with a CDL to drive it for you.

I used to be legal, new truck puts me at 26500 combined weight though

[M4wdFab]

there is also the fact, i have and MDT, not a f350/550 or cummins 3500-  i LOOK HEAVY and LOOK COMMERCIAL

and, i dont plan on getting lighter or smaller....

[gif]

We go to Horse shows and see HUGE trailers pulled by 3/4 and one ton trucks. 

Talked to a few who looked at me like "26k lbs what??"   They don't give it a second thought

[M4wdFab]

and then there is the additional grey area of Maine registraion does not class weight.  There are no weight tags on my wedge or small enclosed.  30000GVW on the kitchen hauler....

4300 door says 25500, but title / registraion says 9900.

[M4wdFab]

love how DMV site contradicts itself:

need a class A if: needed if towing more than 10,000lbs

with a class D: can tow more than 10,000lbs as long as combine is less that 26,000



WTF
http://dmv.ny.gov/forms/mv500c.pdf

[rejeep]

i dont know if it contradicts, its just written very, very poorly.
its all in the vehicle type

[M4wdFab]

a conway freight driver knocked on my window at sheitz

he asked about the RV

I shared some grey area loop polls  with Maine plates and Progressive limited use insurance.

He has an L10 94' he has been trying to figure out how to insure to pull his race car trailer- he of course has a CDL. 

[etk300ex]

sheitz  lol

[M4wdFab]

Also to comment on Eriks question of why the big worry...


fines and road side hassel are one thing


A wreck or crash with injury / death without proper papers i dont think would go over well with a half assed lawsuit- and im betting since its claimed all personal used your little LLC or DBA isnt going to save your house

[mr.mindless]

Mark (wedge customer with the FL70) told me this morning that he had his 52' Take Three wedge plated at 14,500 to stay under 26k behind his [business-killing 6.0] Ford. It's a 3x7 axle set up and the GVWR is 21k. PA gave him a $1250 "improper registration" ticket for that since the registration weight didn't match the trailer GVWR plate.

Interestingly, only the VIN was readable on the trailer tag, the sticker was worn to the point the axle and gross weights were illegible. He assumes the VIN was run and it came back with something.