From: Bill Kealey (cwkealey@atlanticbb.net)
Date: Mon Nov 15 2004 - 09:01:31 PST
APB and others,
I apologize for a typographical error or two. I believe that the weight is
supposed to be 26,000 lbs. You are correct that the 14,000 was way too low
and I regret giving out the the wrong information. I wasn't thinking about
the gross vehicle weight. Please note the time of my post as the only other
excuse added to premature senility. <sheepish grin>
Bill Kealey
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----- Original Message -----
From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
To: "Bill Kealey" <cwkealey@atlanticbb.net>; "Military Vehicles Mailing
List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 08:36
Subject: Re: [MV] Highway truck scales
> 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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