Truck and trailer weight???

[Darrin Christen]

Originally Posted by art leong

I weighed my truck and trailer at a Cat Scale today
Empty it weighs 4920 ft axle, 10360 rear axle, 10360 trailer. Total weight 25640
my car weighs 2300, golf cart 800, tools and assorted extra stuff 1500, me, my wife, and the dog another 500. Almost 31,000 pounds
Will (can) I get into trouble with out a CDL? I have a class A license.

What type of truck and trailer do you have? Just curious, I have a 42' Champion aluminum trailer with lounge, 2700 lb. car, and a Ezgo gas cart. I weighed it at a truck stop loaded for the races with out the truck and it weighed 16,100 lbs.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Darrin Christen

What type of truck and trailer do you have? Just curious, I have a 42' Champion aluminum trailer with lounge, 2700 lb. car, and a Ezgo gas cart. I weighed it at a truck stop loaded for the races with out the truck and it weighed 16,100 lbs.

2000 Ford F550, 48' Cargo Mate (22' LQ w/slide, 18" roof raise).
The truck is a chassis cab truck with Fontaine modification It is quite a bit heavier than a reg F350 .
And my trailer is longer and not aluminum so it seems about right.
Just seems like an awful lot of mass to get rolling and stop I'm glad I have the bigger truck brakes and tires.

[Darrin Christen]

Originally Posted by art leong

2000 Ford F550, 48' Cargo Mate (22' LQ w/slide, 18" roof raise).
The truck is a chassis cab truck with Fontaine modification It is quite a bit heavier than a reg F350 .
And my trailer is longer and not aluminum so it seems about right.
Just seems like an awful lot of mass to get rolling and stop I'm glad I have the bigger truck brakes and tires.

I tow with a dodge 3500 and would hate to have to stop it in a hurry. I think theres alot of 1 ton trucks out there towing way too much weight. I would love to have a larger truck to tow my trailer.

[frank v]

1. Is any prize money declared as regular income
2. Do you take your racing expenses off your taxes or your companies taxes
3. Is corprate sponsership involved
If your if you awnser no to question 1 or yes to 2 or 3 you need a cdl
For more info goto the US DOT website and use their search feature and search 390.3 question 21
what about if you answer no to all 3?

[art leong]

Originally Posted by frank v

1. Is any prize money declared as regular income
2. Do you take your racing expenses off your taxes or your companies taxes
3. Is corprate sponsership involved
If your if you awnser no to question 1 or yes to 2 or 3 you need a cdl
For more info goto the US DOT website and use their search feature and search 390.3 question 21
what about if you answer no to all 3?

Answer is no to all

[Rob Petrie E395]

Originally Posted by frank v

1. Is any prize money declared as regular income
2. Do you take your racing expenses off your taxes or your companies taxes
3. Is corprate sponsership involved
If your if you awnser no to question 1 or yes to 2 or 3 you need a cdl
For more info goto the US DOT website and use their search feature and search 390.3 question 21
what about if you answer no to all 3?

If the awnser to queston #1 is no then you must be declaring your income as a business and therefore you need a cdl

Basically if you declare winnings on your own taxes you are declaring it as regular income.

in other words if you win a $10,000 to win bracket race as long as you declare it on your personal taxes your ok

As long as you dont take your expenses off your taxes your ok and dont need a cdl
As long as the side of your car,truck or trailer does not have a business that is a LLC or Inc or Corporation your ok.
Contingency payment are not sponserships they are prize money so from what I found out they dont count as corp. sponsership either.

Hope this helps

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Rob Petrie E395

If the awnser to queston #1 is no then you must be declaring your income as a business and therefore you need a cdl

Basically if you declare winnings on your own taxes you are declaring it as regular income.

in other words if you win a $10,000 to win bracket race as long as you declare it on your personal taxes your ok

As long as you dont take your expenses off your taxes your ok and dont need a cdl
As long as the side of your car,truck or trailer does not have a business that is a LLC or Inc or Corporation your ok.
Contingency payment are not sponserships they are prize money so from what I found out they dont count as corp. sponsership either.

Hope this helps

I haven't won any prize money "yet"

[Rob Petrie E395]

Originally Posted by art leong

I haven't won any prize money "yet"

Hang in there it will happen if you stick with it. While I do have some to declare its still nowhere near what I spend on this racing addiction every year. I keep telling my wife that at least when I quit I can sell my stuff for pennies on the dollar if I was a drug addict we couldnt get any of it back LOL. Thank god my business is still doing OK, I dont think I would be a plesant person to be around if I had to quit.