Hot-Shot Load boards???

Another wannabe know it all.......

 

Well, at this time I'm still operating under the 10,001 lb limit (unless I take those camper trailers). You can only fit so much crap in the bed of a pickup. lol.

 

Now you are, but your insurance is no good.

As soon as you add a trailer, there you go over. It is a costly venture. Insurance for cargo is about 10k per year for the minimum required. The truck is about 140 per month.

 

I was wondering about the cost of the premiums. I called OOIDA, but they don't insure Hot Shot less than 26k. I'd have to haul over that to get their insurance.

 

Try Pam St. John at Brown and Brown, Perrysburg OHIO

She insures my truck and I think she will do the cargo or point you in the right direction.

Getting caught without the insurance, documentation and medical card can lead to load seizure and towing at your expense. Then you are not allowed around the truck until bills are paid and proof of compliance. It even gets worse.

Makes me wonder why people risk it.

A guy close to me got caught with no signs, medical card, insurance, or log book. 20 miles from the delivery. Load seized, truck seized and major fines.

 

Is it RATED to haul 10K ... or hauling 10K?

 

A 92 F350 two wheel drive has a gvwr under 10,001 lbs. I will guess and say 9800 lbs.

 

Will do, I want to do this right. I'm a member of an ltlhotshot forum, and according to SCDOT, 26,001 lbs GVWR is where it becomes necissary for commercial plates. Just an FYI. http://www.scdmvonline.com/DMVNew/default.aspx?n=fees

Tell me if I'm reading that right... what all on this list would apply to me?

 

The first thing they do when they pull you over is to verify the plates, gvwr of the truck, trailer. You are required to have license on the truck up to the maximum that you will haul. If you put 15,000 plates on, you cannot have a combined weight in excess of that. Most put 26,000 plates on and stay under IFTA. IFTA starts in at 26,001 lbs.

 

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[TD="colspan: 2"]Another quote on the subject from a different site:

"I am a retired state police commander. I commanded a district which had the highest fine producing fixed scales in the state. In additiona I was one of 2 of the first Troops in the state to be certified as motor carrier safety inspectors. By IL statute only the ISP has the authority to conduct MCS inspections. I taught truck weight and MCS law at our academy.
Simple answer to your question. The sticker on your truck is placed there by the manufacturer. It's like the tag on your mattress. It's required by law to tell the consumer what is in that product. After sales that sticker doesn't have to remain on the vehicle and there are a lot of vehicles legally on the road today which no longer has the sticker because of body repair, etc. The manufacturers do not make the laws. Think about this too. Do you think every Troop or weigh master out there has memorized what all the manufacturers stickers say on every style of truck made? Then toss into the mix 4X4 v 4X2, same model trucks but with different engines, same model trucks but with different axle ratings, or same model trucks but just different years. We don't care what the sticker says or even if there is a sticker. What the manufacturers put on that sticker is not law, it's just a to let the consumer know what that particular vehicle's design specs are.
The max weight laws are generally 20K on a single axle, 34K on a tandum axle and gross is 80K. These are federally mandated limits. I say "generally" because gross depends on the bridge length of your vehicle (distance between the front and rear axle) and the number of axles. The 34K can also vary depending the distance between the tandum axles. It could be more. Weight limits may also be posted less than the max on certain roads." [/TD]
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