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[Tony Janes]

Mark has a point. The registration of the power unit is what is important.

[63corvette]

Like Blue Oval Ralph says it all depends if it is a business or a personal rig.
If it is a personal truck or motor home like mine is it just takes the Class B or Class A non commercial.
From having racer friends and long discussions of this at the races in the evenings it seems a motor home pulling a trailer is usually left alone. The same for the dually and 5th wheel trailers. The ones drawing the most attention is the toter homes and the stacker trailers. Toter homes closer resemble long haul trucks so they seem to draw more attention.
The biggest thing that is getting people pulled over now seem to be over length.
I witnessed that coming home from Pamona last month. On I-40 Jim Heads car hauler and motor home pulling a stacker trailer were traveling together. The motor home was stopped by the Ca Highway Patrol near Needles and it looked like they were measuring it as we went by. About a mile down the road was the car hauler pulled over waiting.
The motor home was a tandem axle 42 or 45 ft pulling about a 30 ft stacker which would have put him at close to 80 ft in length. Ca length law is 65 so I am sure he was in trouble. We went by and kept on going.
Again it all depends on the police officer and what he thinks the law is and there is a lot of different opinions.
My 2 Cents

[63corvette]

My last move was done by me and me alone. I used 5 one way trucks and trips to get it all moved.
I used 3 different moving truck companies. They all have the same markings of GVW Less Than 26,001 on their biggest truck which I rented each time. Now on one load with a Ryder truck when I moved my shop equipment I am fairly sure the truck was well over the 26,001 GVW but that was by my choice and not the rental company.
That is the way the companies get away with it is with their marking and if the customer overloads it that is the customers problem and not the rental companies.
I crossed 4 states and did not stop any of the weigh stations and did get by.
Just My Take On It

[MFR440]

Originally Posted by mark callanan

MFR440

How is the truck registered?

Truck is registered as a "truck" - Indiana does not distinguish between commercial/non-comm on the license plate.

I will post more information soon - the guys at NTCI are making a trek to Washington DC in search of interpretations and definitions, etc. My Dad explained several different scenarios, including our own, and they are taking this information with them. I will share as much information as possible.

[Arizona Kid]

MFR440 you have a PM

[henrys57wagon]

For awhile here in ON the ministry were stopping pickup trucks towing racecars on open trailers and weighing them and checking the combined weight. All pickups here are registered as trucks, same as vans etc without windows, and the only difference is the listed GVW. If under a certain weight(someone fill in the weight) you can get a sticker which states that the truck is mainly for personal use, but even with the sticker you are still subject to weight constraints. Another thing they are looking out for are people who use motorhomes to tow trailers loaded with flea market stuff, as they can consider it as a commercial venture.