From: DAS (minimade@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 04:31:02 PST
I believe the law says if the trailer total weight is over #10,000 or
combined gross
is over #26,000then one needs a cdl, but I try to look like a
non-commercial
"homeowner" and pass the scales. I have never had a cop pull out after me
yet.
I see many RV's that must weigh #40,000. I wonder if a 5 ton with a
radioshack
would qualify for RV tags?
----- Original Message -----
From: <michael@tsixroads.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Further Transport issues with Ferret/Dingo
> 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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