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Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
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08/02/09 08:02 PM
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65HemiCoronet
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I'll be towing my Coronet on an open trailer from Florida to the Nats in Ohio on wednesday. Does anyone know if any states will require me to stop at weigh stations on the way up? I'll be going through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio.
Yeah, it's got a hemi........a REAL hemi.
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
[Re: 65HemiCoronet]
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08/02/09 08:30 PM
08/02/09 08:30 PM
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Great Neck,LI,new york
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If the tow vehicle has no commercial lettering or licence plates you can slide by.These days any vehicle or combination over 10,000 lbs commercial or not is required to have a DOT number.You can go to DOT.GOV and do your research. 
Last edited by hemi-itis; 08/02/09 08:31 PM.
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
[Re: hemi-itis]
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08/02/09 08:36 PM
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Lehigh Acres, Florida
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If the tow vehicle has no commercial lettering or licence plates you can slide by.These days any vehicle or combination over 10,000 lbs commercial or not is required to have a DOT number.You can go to DOT.GOV and do your research.
Not if it's RECREATIONAL 
No you don't need to stop at any weigh stations and I never have with the 50 footer behind the dually 
Rickster
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
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08/02/09 09:16 PM
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Thanks guys, looks like I'll be ok driving through then.
Yeah, it's got a hemi........a REAL hemi.
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
[Re: rickstershemi]
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08/02/09 09:27 PM
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If the tow vehicle has no commercial lettering or licence plates you can slide by.These days any vehicle or combination over 10,000 lbs commercial or not is required to have a DOT number.You can go to DOT.GOV and do your research.
Not if it's RECREATIONAL
No you don't need to stop at any weigh stations and I never have with the 50 footer behind the dually
Rickster
Mike,Rick,you have been lucky  I suggest you do your research and get a DOT number,they are FREE.Also make sure your truck can leagally pull that 50 ft'r.DOT regulation are federal and apply to ANYTHING over 10k lbs.When you tell them it's"recreational",,,,,,,,,remember to say there is NO PRIZE $$$$$,otherwise you are considered commerce. 
HEMI-ITIS has no cure.
My condition is fully BLOWN!!
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
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08/02/09 09:38 PM
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If the tow vehicle has no commercial lettering or licence plates you can slide by.These days any vehicle or combination over 10,000 lbs commercial or not is required to have a DOT number.You can go to DOT.GOV and do your research.
Not if it's RECREATIONAL
No you don't need to stop at any weigh stations and I never have with the 50 footer behind the dually
Rickster
Mike,Rick,you have been lucky I suggest you do your research and get a DOT number,they are FREE.Also make sure your truck can leagally pull that 50 ft'r.DOT regulation are federal and apply to ANYTHING over 10k lbs.When you tell them it's"recreational",,,,,,,,,remember to say there is NO PRIZE $$$$$,otherwise you are considered commerce.
 You're playing a very expensive game and may be unpleasantly surprised at the level of harrassment and the $ amount of the fines.
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
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08/02/09 09:42 PM
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Great Neck,LI,new york
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If the tow vehicle has no commercial lettering or licence plates you can slide by.These days any vehicle or combination over 10,000 lbs commercial or not is required to have a DOT number.You can go to DOT.GOV and do your research.
Not if it's RECREATIONAL
No you don't need to stop at any weigh stations and I never have with the 50 footer behind the dually
Rickster
Mike,Rick,you have been lucky I suggest you do your research and get a DOT number,they are FREE.Also make sure your truck can leagally pull that 50 ft'r.DOT regulation are federal and apply to ANYTHING over 10k lbs.When you tell them it's"recreational",,,,,,,,,remember to say there is NO PRIZE $$$$$,otherwise you are considered commerce.
You're playing a very expensive game and may be unpleasantly surprised at the level of harrassment and the $ amount of the fines.
Well,you guys need to get currant,,,,,,,,,,,or,,,,,,,,,,keep a jar of VASELINE in the glovebox.It will ease the pain   
HEMI-ITIS has no cure.
My condition is fully BLOWN!!
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
[Re: 65HemiCoronet]
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08/02/09 09:44 PM
08/02/09 09:44 PM
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Bitopia
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Well first you might want to read carefully the " warning for race rigs" thread in archives, https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...e=0#Post4611784 but then maybe you don't. You also have to decide how legal youy want to be vs any legal risk. What others have done in past maybe just lucky but not legal. That will unfortutuately, eventually change. The main threshold you need to mainly be concerned with as just mentioned is, are you doing ANYthing to classify you as "commercial", that opens the floodgates. Unfortutately that definition has many different angles depending on who you ask, your opinion/logic counts very little to any DOT official. Running under the radar and bypassing the scales is likely today the best course of action, but not for long, and since nearly every vehicle/driver can be found in non compliance. Since this thread is about "laws", anytime laws are discussed someone gets bent, says its political becuase they disagree, and then its locked? Oh crystal ball whats it going to be? 
Last edited by jcc; 08/03/09 01:20 AM.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
[Re: RussW]
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08/02/09 11:05 PM
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Flatbeds go through scales
They do if they are commercial
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
[Re: hemi-itis]
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08/02/09 11:25 PM
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If the tow vehicle has no commercial lettering or licence plates you can slide by.These days any vehicle or combination over 10,000 lbs commercial or not is required to have a DOT number.You can go to DOT.GOV and do your research.
Not if it's RECREATIONAL
No you don't need to stop at any weigh stations and I never have with the 50 footer behind the dually
Rickster
Mike,Rick,you have been lucky I suggest you do your research and get a DOT number,they are FREE.Also make sure your truck can leagally pull that 50 ft'r.DOT regulation are federal and apply to ANYTHING over 10k lbs.When you tell them it's"recreational",,,,,,,,,remember to say there is NO PRIZE $$$$$,otherwise you are considered commerce.
Al is right! Ask Bob George about the DOT and race car trailers.
You have been lucky so far. I know West Virgina is bad and Ohio can be bad also. I think it's a $2,500.00 fine for bypassing the scales in Ohio.
You might want to check the Federal DOT laws, then write you congressmen and tell them what BS this is. Instead of screwing up health care why don't they fix the DOT laws.
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
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08/02/09 11:30 PM
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Rather be in Fallon, Nevada
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You might want to check the Federal DOT laws, then write you congressmen and tell them what BS this is. Instead of screwing up health care why don't they fix the DOT laws.
Now you did it. 
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Re: Truck weigh station stops with open car trailer?
[Re: RussW]
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08/03/09 12:51 AM
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We have been through this at work over the last few years. Every state has different laws when it comes to plates, etc. but pretty much anything with a GROSS COMBINED VEHICLE WEIGHT aka truck and trailer (i.e. any newer truck pulling a car on a any trailer) must have a log book, DOT #, record of inspection, etc, etc, etc. Does this apply if you are a recreational vehicle? Depends on the state. For instance I do not need any tags, etc. here in Oregon but if I tow to CA there better be a tag on the trailer or I risk getting messed with by the law. That is simply the tip of the iceberg. I'm going to name my "street car" '66 Charger NOT FOR HIRE if I ever get it out of storage again.  Don;t ask why it's in storage!  
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