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Re: State DOT chasing small trailers now.
[Re: Rhinodart]
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06/15/05 11:33 AM
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On the way out to Cali from Illinois this spring I didn't stop at the ports in Iowa, but on the way back I sure did because of the storied I heard while out west! 
All now it's not that bad out here. Iowa is not a western state. I think it's the out of state plates thing. A buddy of mine from Missouri was pulling 2 cars though CO and got pulled over cus of his out of state plates as was my case in Texas. The Texas state trooper told me that he would not have pulled me over if I had Texas plates. Maybe the way around that is to be like James Bond and have revoling plates. 
Yes the port of entry is the scales that the truckers have to go though.
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Re: State DOT chasing small trailers now.
[Re: Rocpar]
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06/15/05 05:18 PM
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Western Colorado High Desert
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My trailers have running light all around so I don't think reflective tape is needed. All axles need brakes. States will post if trucks with trailers have a diff speed limit such as in IL. where they can only go 55. Out here semi's can go 75 and 80 the same as cars. In Iowa, it's posted at ports of entry that pick-ups with trailer must go through the port. Only state that I know of this. I've been through all the western and midwestern states and have not had a problem except in Texas that one time. In those states, a trooper will pull you over if he feels the need. Sounds like your on the right track and shouldn'd have any problems even if pulled over. Just don't be over weight or they can hold you till you can somehow lose the extra weight. I'm fixing to travel 2000 miles each way to Carlisle and just go back from a 3800 mile trip to Indy and Ohio. Didn't have any problems on that one.
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Re: State DOT chasing small trailers now.
[Re: 05dakota]
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06/15/05 05:56 PM
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You bet they do. You can buy license plate covers here in Illinois but if you use one you will get a ticket! You can also put anything you want dangling from your review mirror, but they can use that to stop you and check the rest of your vehicle because the law state you are ubstructing your vision! Just because things are legal in some states doesn't make it legal in others. Pennsylvania is the toughest state AFAIK about trailer towing, so be careful, Tony!  BTW, I have been towing through there for the last 9 years going to Carlisle with nary a problem, now where is the wood to knock on..... 
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
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Re: State DOT chasing small trailers now.
[Re: Rhinodart]
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06/15/05 07:00 PM
06/15/05 07:00 PM
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Western Colorado High Desert
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You bet they do. You can buy license plate covers here in Illinois but if you use one you will get a ticket! You can also put anything you want dangling from your review mirror, but they can use that to stop you and check the rest of your vehicle because the law state you are ubstructing your vision! Just because things are legal in some states doesn't make it legal in others. Pennsylvania is the toughest state AFAIK about trailer towing, so be careful, Tony! BTW, I have been towing through there for the last 9 years going to Carlisle with nary a problem, now where is the wood to knock on.....
Really, Pennsylvania? Good to know. Do we have to go through the port or do they just pull you over?
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Re: State DOT chasing small trailers now.
[Re: moparmarks]
#15581
06/15/05 09:05 PM
06/15/05 09:05 PM
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We run past all of the scales. You get in the left lane in amongst other cars and keep going.  Stopping is only looking for trouble. We're legal except for the log book. But like what was said previously, if they want to cite you they'll find something. Just on the trip from Sioux City Iowa to Las Vegas, I must have blown past 8 open Ports Of Entry in Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.
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Re: State DOT chasing small trailers now.
#15583
06/15/05 09:23 PM
06/15/05 09:23 PM
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We run past all of the scales. You get in the left lane in amongst other cars and keep going. Stopping is only looking for trouble. We're legal except for the log book. But like what was said previously, if they want to cite you they'll find something. Just on the trip from Sioux City Iowa to Las Vegas, I must have blown past 8 open Ports Of Entry in Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.
Agreed. I blow past the ports in Iowa also. Your not required to stop in those other states.
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Re: State DOT chasing small trailers now.
[Re: moparmarks]
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06/15/05 09:32 PM
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I wonder what PA says about U-haul car trailers...I know the last time I was in PA I was WAAAAAAYYY over the rating of my little D150 with one of their trailers. Had a RR on the thing loaded with car parts and a 383 in the trunk..and a 440/727 in the bed of the truck. Log book? For what? I could have made the book up in 2 seconds.. Got gas Left CT Got to PA Got Gas Left PA My book would have 5 lines in it for the round trip.
I was asked to contribute money to help solve the civil unrest in Egypt, but I suspect it's some sort of pyramid scheme.
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Re: State DOT chasing small trailers now.
[Re: CrAlt]
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06/15/05 10:56 PM
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I wonder what PA says about U-haul car trailers...I know the last time I was in PA I was WAAAAAAYYY over the rating of my little D150 with one of their trailers. Had a RR on the thing loaded with car parts and a 383 in the trunk..and a 440/727 in the bed of the truck.
Log book? For what? I could have made the book up in 2 seconds..
Got gas
Left CT
Got to PA
Got Gas
Left PA
My book would have 5 lines in it for the round trip.
If they would have take you to the scales, or used the portable ones they carry, you'd be impounded.
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Re: State DOT chasing small trailers now.
[Re: fastmark]
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06/15/05 10:57 PM
06/15/05 10:57 PM
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Fastmark just so you can get your facts straight, all that revenue goes to the county in which you are ticketed (i.e. you pay the justice of the peace) All of DPS funding comes from our budget set by the legislature (which you voted for, or could have) More tickets written do not mean more money for the state.
John
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1990 Ford Crown Victoria LTD, Ex TXDPS
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Re: State DOT chasing small trailers now.
[Re: moparmarks]
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06/15/05 10:58 PM
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I made the mistake of letting the officer know that I do Mopars for a living and the book came out.
Sounds like it would be easier to tell them that you just bought the car or your taking it to a relative in whatever state your going to. That would make you exempt if I'm understanding all this.
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