Overweight Ticket Based on Truck GVWR

umm you can show the cat scale ticket, show (inside the door jamb) of the truck is a white sticker with the GVWR of the truck, same should apply with the trailer.

 

they go by gvwr of truck + trailer, its really kind of stupid but they can get you on just the weight rating alone. but it is the law.
what you need is a new vin tag for your trailer, if your truck is 12200, which I believe it is, you need the vin tag on the trailer to be 13800 gvwr.
must manufacturers will make you a new tag with a lower gvwr for like $40, you just call them and give them the trailer vin.

Im shocked you got away with it for 8 years, guys get put out of service for that everyday.

 

I do have to ask why you a running a trailer with a 20k gvwr if you can only haul 12300# legally ???

 

License class is determined by the GVWR of the vehicle , not registered weight . You have a combination of 32,000 lbs. and the towed vehicle is ocer 10,000 lbs. GVWR . Clearly requires a Class A .

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration-licensing/cdl/cdl.htm

 

How can you have a 2008 dodge,

and have drove it for 7 years ??????

 

You have to have Class A cause of the trailer weight rating.
You can run Non CDL if you like to keep from having IRP and IFTA.
But you stilll have to have a CDL A. That one will probably be expensive and if you don't fight it could cause you problems on getting a class A CDL.

 

What ticket did he get? Sounds like driving a CMV without a CDL. Bad ticket.

I've often wondered how guys got away with this. Guess "they don't" is the correct answer.

 

Ok I also want to know how you drive a 2008 truck for the last 7 years, is my math that poor.

 

I don't understand the truck being registered at 26,001 lbs. That extra pound requires a CDL