From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 15 2004 - 06:30:50 PST
Wonder how many of us were actually legal driving in the MV convoy last
May...
I need to go back to square one on this one.
Bjorn
>From: m35products <m35prod@optonline.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Highway truck scales
>Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:36:42 -0500
>
>If you register it at 14,000 pounds in NY, you have broken the law. The
>registered weight must be the weight that the manufacturer states is the
>GVW
>on the original bill of sale. Your truck weighs almost (or maybe a little
>more than) 14,000 empty. What happens if you, a passenger, and some
>personal
>belongings go for a ride? You are then over-weight, and technically,
>breaking the law. apb
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Kealey" <cwkealey@atlanticbb.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 1:09 AM
>Subject: Re: [MV] Highway truck scales
>
>
> > I've pulled into the scales three times in the duece.
> >
> > The first time the officer, not a state trooper, directed us to the
>impound
> > lot. Had me nervous and I am a retired cop new to trucks. He just
>wanted
> > to see the truck as it reminded him of his time in Viet Nam. He told me
> > that it wasn't necessary to stop at the scales, in Maryland. This
>because
> > the truck is rated at 14,000 lbs or less. Anything 14,001 lbs. or over
>has
> > to stop. But, if the truck was being used for commercial purposes of
>any
> > type, it would be required to stop at the scales.
> >
> > The second time they just waved me through.
> >
> > After seeing this subject several times on various lists, I decided to
>check
> > it out and stopped by the scales one day a couple of months ago. I
>spoke
> > with a MD State Police Captain and a few other state troopers and the
> > transportation authority police officer. Their answers were the same.
>I
>am
> > not registered commercial. I am not driving it commercially. Primary
> > brakes are hydraulic with air assist. The truck is rated under 14,001
>lbs.
> > It is not required to be weighed.
> >
> > But, as noted elsewhere several times, other states may require it to be
> > weighed.
> >
> > Bill Kealey
> > MVPA 24623
> > 1954 USMC M38A1
> > 1972 USA M35A2
> > 1985 USAF M105A2
> >
> >
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