Good old DMV
I have only been a resident of Idaho since July 1st. I have been taking vehicles to DMV 1 at a time for new titles, registrations and plates. 4 down and 1 to go so far.
My f350 was issued a "T" plate for non comm truck over 8,000 GWR according to the clerk. That's fine with me, empty it is 8400 lbs. GVWR is 11,500 lbs.
The clerk told me she would issue the DMV registration listing 16,000 lbs GVW. I was not to argue, but said that's way more than it's rated for. The reply was she could rate it higher if I paid more. They do not care as long as I pay for what I want.
Okay, they charge the same from GVW from 8,000 to 16,000 lbs. 83 bucks a year. In my mind they should use the rating on the Federal sticker she looked at moment earlier
Here's the rub, If I was working again and beleive any officer would if checked would issue me an over weight ticket for anything close to 16,000 lbs.
Really DMV is not doing the normal guy a favor. One could conclude that he could load his SRW F350 to 15,995 lbs and be safe and legal, heck DMV said so. I have not read current overweight cites, it used to be 100 bucks for every 1,000 over in Oregon.
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2013 24RKSWE (27ft TT) Cougar 1/2 ton series SOLD 10-2021
2013 Ford F350 4x4 CC 6.7 engine, 8 ft bed, 3.55 rear end, lariat package
Retired from Oregon State Police in 2011 than worked another 9.5 years as a small town traffic cop:
As of 05-2020, I am all done with 39 years total police work. No more uniforms for me.
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