got the scales pulled on me

cgm147

cgm147

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well yesterday got all my stuff packed in the f150 and the yota on the trailer headed to the truck stop to fuel up and check my weight and oh course i got pulled! after about thirty mins i was over about 5300 lbs...
the ticket was a whole 52 buck..good times
 
Yea, you got out cheap on that one. I guess since he wasnt hauling a big load like truckers. I wonder how they come up with the fine amount? Cause you were fined 1% of the total amount over...
 
oh and he only charged me for 2300 over my tag limit...and not sure about the cost and how that added up...he said he was one of only three hundred in the state that had scales on hand out of 3,000 troopers...just my luck
 
Any of the nchp tahoes you see will almost certainly have scales. Not unlucky he just saw a half ton truck towing another vehicle and guessed you wouldn't have a properly weighted tag. Kind of gay. If you had been towing it with that jeep in your avatar, you would have been (legally) just fine.
 
The SUV loophole is always good. You don't have to run a weighted tag on an suv. Only trucks. You can tow however much you want with an suv on a standard tag legally.
 
marvilusone said:
The SUV loophole is always good. You don't have to run a weighted tag on an suv. Only trucks. You can tow however much you want with an suv on a standard tag legally.
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so im not going to have to get a weighted tag to tow anything with the jimmy? sorry about he thread hijack......saw your jeep at outdoor power today
 
That's correct, no need for a weighted tag on an SUV. I saw one once on a Ford Escape and thought to myself, "way to donate to the government."
 
thats why I'm considering my next vehicle to be a diesel Excursion. I just have to find a way to get around not having a pickup
 
A guy down the street from me had a f350 and then sold it and bought a Tacoma......He switched the weighted tag over to it. I asked him why and he said that he paid out the ass for it and he was going to use it till it goes out.
 
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Make me an offer, Good up to 15,000 lbs. and 1,500 tougue weight. Used it once to tow out to moab, towing a 38' Bumper pull. Paid over $400.00 for everything. Towed like a dream

Great condition!

PM a brother
 
cgm147 said:
since were talking about towing wheres a good place to get a weight distribution set up for my hitch
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IMO the best you're going to find is

http://www.equalizerhitch.com/

I ran one on my WJ and towed my XJ + trailer all over the place... Load weighed in at 6400lbs full of spares, tools, etc. That hitch was awesome and worked flawlessly... I then sold it and picked up some upcountry springs and air bags and they worked very well too...
 
uncc civilengineer said:
IMO the best you're going to find is
http://www.equalizerhitch.com/
I ran one on my WJ and towed my XJ + trailer all over the place... Load weighed in at 6400lbs full of spares, tools, etc. That hitch was awesome and worked flawlessly... I then sold it and picked up some upcountry springs and air bags and they worked very well too...
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I think the Reese SC (that I bought early this year) trumped that hitch with having bonafide friction pads on the trunnion arm hangers.

The best I have ever heard about is the Hensley Arrow: http://www.hensleymfg.com/how_it_works.shtml It uses an interesting linkage system to eliminate trailer-induced sway. It also comes with a big price tag.
 
HANO said:
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Make me an offer, Good up to 15,000 lbs. and 1,500 tougue weight. Used it once to tow out to moab, towing a 38' Bumper pull. Paid over $400.00 for everything. Towed like a dream
Great condition!
PM a brother
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If I knew you still had that I would have traded you a nice steel table:lol:
 
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