Trouble Towing in North Carolina
 

Anybody having trouble with DOT in NC? I have a friend who got really busted with a conversion and a stacker and lots of other threats. Anyone else have any trouble?

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I was all over NC; Rockingham, Piedmont, went through Charlotte like three times in my travels with the 50' rig below with zero problems and never once pulled into a weigh station.

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*Newest law*

~People with the last name Teuton and from Louisiana must present special permit prior to entering~

:D

Just kidding Joe, you're welcome ANYTIME!

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that's nothing new, all cajun's must file papers before leaving the state, lol.

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rick, they let you park that in front of the house? I just got a letter from the HOA for my "commercial" vehicle stored in the driveway. It's a C4500 04 year model. Don't have room for the trailer at the house.
Oh yea, truck in privately registered, inspected and insured.

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I rarely leave it there Bobby, usually it's parked beside the house but I have been known to leave it there when attending back to back weekend events....my neighbors are very cool and actually enjoy seeing the car being loaded up and such :cool:

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I thought that NC had this all straightened out with the motorsports association liaison to the govt.

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They do I think you can go to 90 ft maybe 85 with a motorsports exemption. Ill find the article that states this and post it.

Herb Jr

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I thought it was. I contacted Steve Earwood of Rockingham fame and he referred to a person with the NC Motorsports Association. This might be an isolated problem, but it sounds like overaggressive police for the numerous violations. Driver had a CDL, privately licensed vehicle, and licensed in Louisiana. Maybe there was a problem with the webbing between the toes or something like that. We do live in the water you know. I would think we could get something done.

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I worry about towing a lot. I do most of mine in Texas. My rig is 65'7". Texas state law says 65' max. Havve not had any problems yet.

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With most local and state governments having cash flow issues you will probably see things like this pick up. They figure it's more likely someone out of state will not fight and they get free money.

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TN and Ohio used to be real bad about this.

Five of us left Norwalk one time heading back to AL when we all got pulled over by state troopers. They let the first guy go....he had an Ohio tag, then proceeded to give us all speeding tickets then scoured the rigs for more violations.......they new we wouldn't come back to Ohio to fight them!

TN used to be bad about having to buy "fuel stickers" for the tow rigs.

Jim