DOT police going to Charlotte
 

Any body hear of issues involving DOT towing to Charlotte this year? I know there have been problems in the past.

Re: DOT police going to Charlotte
 

Robbie ,i think that problem has been resolved as far as length goes. I have not heard any horror stories as of late . Be careful and good luck if you go.

Re: DOT police going to Charlotte
 

Dale Koncens was pull over and run though the Mill for over an hour.
In the end he got a $990 fine for being over the weight of the truck.
Don't quit understand, I always though it was a combonation of the truck and the trailer for the total weight.
However the officer told him it was just the weight of the truck, and gave him the hefty fine.
By the way the truck was registered at 11,000#

What do you guys think?

Cal
HR 177X

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I am really sorry to hear that... One suggestion is to contact Steve Earwood, owner of Rockingham Dragstrip... I know that he has been working with the state rep. on this issue and knows the laws pretty well... Hope this helps...

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He only had 11,000 pds on the truck?
Anymore details?
Chip

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my understanding from a nj trooper friend of mine is that the truck plate MUST have the weight of entire unit on it, mine is 18,000 , registration gets costly but i prefer not to take any chances

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Mine is 25,000.
What Jim said
Chip Johnson

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I don't know about Dale's case, but you can put a tag/registration less than the trucks GVW to save money on the tags/insurance. In other words if your vehicle registration says 7,500 #s but the factory GVW is 11,000 #s I think they can ticket you if your over the 7500. I think the truck empty is 6,000 plus.

Wade Mahaffey

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In some states you cannot register a truck/suv heavier than it's gvw listed by the manufacturers stated number. Just because the o.e. states it can tow x weight doesn't mean the state you live in will allow you to exempt it from emissions by registering it heavier. If that is the case in this persons incident I would think they would have a good point in fighting it.

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I have always been told the truck plate must carry enough weight to cover the whole rig.
Chip