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Originally Posted by Rolling Along
... he said! “It’s the law but we just haven’t started enforcing it yet.”
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That is my biggest concern with advising new members on this forum to "go ahead and exceed your ratings"... Each state has different laws and each state has a different method of enforcing the law. What "works in Texas" may get you put in jail in Vermont and may get you fined in Michigan while it's ignored in Idaho....
I think (YMMV) that it's a "slippery slope" to advise anyone to ignore the manufacturer's limits on any vehicle. Without knowing their state laws, their personal financial situation, their business involvement, their insurance history, their vehicle condition (the list could go on forever) not a one of us is able to give them a "path to make it work" in their specific situation.
I can "legally" pull my boat behind my Cougar in Michigan with the current law, the maximum length is 75'. As soon as I cross into Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota or Wisconsin, I'm "technically illegal" since my combined length is 73'9". I've heard everything from, "If you're legal in your home state....." to "They don't go after out of state vehicles" to "You'll be impounded if they stop you and measure" and that list also goes on and on....
Truth is, on any given day, millions of people break the law and nothing happens. But, on any given day, a few people get "nailed" for breaking those same laws...... Which will you be on a given day? Somebody in another state, behind a keyboard is not the best person to be advising you on where you stand........ As I said, YMMV.....