From: michael@tsixroads.com
Date: Sat Mar 16 2002 - 22:03:59 PST
Reminds me of when I was told by a guy who claimed to be a DOT instructor for the state of Alabama that if one of the DOT cops stopped me it would cost me about $3000.00 in fines. I was pulling a 3 axil homemade trailer with a dually pickup. It had a M1010 ambulance body without the motor or transmission and some other stuff I had bought at the last regular Huntsville sale. I told him I was not commercial but he didn't seem to think it made any difference. His reasoning went that 3 axils meant greater than 10,000 pound trailer which meant I needed a CDL which meant I need a medical card, log book, a bigger tag, etc etc. He especially didn't like the mobil home tires on the trailer. I have searched in vein to find info on the tires.
I have pulled this trailer all over the country for the past 30 years with much bigger loads and have never stopped at the scales or have been pulled over with it. I did go through a road block once and was given a ticket for not having a current tag on the tow vehical (I had forgotten to put the sticker on it) and nothing was said about the trailer. I used to use a one ton van but I traded it in on the dually about 2 years ago. Now it seems that you have to have a CDL to pull anything big with it.
Mike
Tishomingo, MS
M1010, M725, M37, M35A2
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