The Department of Licensing (DOL) here tells me they will sell me any maximum gross weight rating I want to pay for, so apparently they think it's "OK" to overload my factory stock truck as long as I've paid for the max gross wight - ?
I spoke to the DOL and they make is sound like I can carry 2 tons of load in my 1/2 ton pickup truck if I pay to register the truck with a gross vehicle weight that would account for 2 tons of load on top of the weight of the truck. Example: if the truck weighed 4,000 lbs unloaded, and I loaded it with 4,000 lbs of passengers and cargo, then it would be OK and supposedly "legal" if I paid for it to be registered as "8000 lbs GVW" on the registration, even though the maximum gross vehicle weight from the manufacturer on the door VIN label says the max loaded weight is only 5,800 lbs.
Seems like a loop-hole that would allow people to driver on the roads with grossly overloaded and unsafe vehicles. I'm wondering what the State Patrol would have to say about that? Anyone know if your state allows this to happen?
I spoke to the DOL and they make is sound like I can carry 2 tons of load in my 1/2 ton pickup truck if I pay to register the truck with a gross vehicle weight that would account for 2 tons of load on top of the weight of the truck. Example: if the truck weighed 4,000 lbs unloaded, and I loaded it with 4,000 lbs of passengers and cargo, then it would be OK and supposedly "legal" if I paid for it to be registered as "8000 lbs GVW" on the registration, even though the maximum gross vehicle weight from the manufacturer on the door VIN label says the max loaded weight is only 5,800 lbs.
Seems like a loop-hole that would allow people to driver on the roads with grossly overloaded and unsafe vehicles. I'm wondering what the State Patrol would have to say about that? Anyone know if your state allows this to happen?