Check out this towing thread

[copo69]

http://www.dragraceresults.com/ubbcg...1&t=004270

[Norm reynolds]

Most of my frends in pa use a flat bed end of story never had any problem

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

[img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/mad.gif[/img] I must be slow today, so somebody do the math for me. If my dad's truck weighs 6,000 lbs, my open trailer weighs 1,400 lbs and my Yenko weighs 3,200 lbs, what kind of registration would I need since I live in PA? The truck is a standard bed F150, 4x4 with a tow package rated at 5,000 lbs (it might be 4,500 since it's a 5speed manual). I can't afford a fine like that guy got!!
M

[Chevy454]

I don't know how it is anywhere else, but here in Missouri your tow vehicle tags have to cover the whole thing. From front to back, top to bottom, truck/trailer/load. For instance, on my dually that I sold not too long ago, we had 18,000 lb. tags on it, but was over that pretty easily with the double trailer. Heck, the trailer alone weighed 9k lbs., and the truck weighed 7k...load the cars and throw in some tools, and we were WAY over the limit! Now, we pull the same trailer with a soon to be crew cab TopKick, and have 36,000 pound tags on it, which are pretty salty.

The CDL thing is a whole other fiasco. Everyone we asked, from the license bureau, to truckers, to the MOHP, they all told us something different. But, the main theme seemed to be that you could drive as big a vehicle as you wanted, from 6K to 60K (or whatever!), without a CDL, as long as it wasn't for profit or for business...thus NON-COMMERCIAL. The very second you start seeing any money, is when you need a CDL, even if all you are driving is an old Ford Escort. It's kind of ironic, but I frequent the Studebaker newsgroup and a couple of members were talking about making the trip to the national meet in South Bend, when one of them mentioned that he got pulled over last year(?) in Colorado headed to the Stude meet, and had some parts in the back of his truck. When the officer asked what he was hauling the guy said his luggage, and some parts to sell at the swap meet. WHAMO! No CDL, which meant no log book, permits, etc, and meant he left with something like a $2,500 fine. On the same note, I got pulled over by the Colorado DOT last year, had to run across the portable scales, go over the rig, and jump through several other hoops before I could leave. The only thing that saved me was the guy I was meeting (I was delivering a car) happened to see us, and stopped, and new some of the DOT guys...he asked them what the problem was, and smoothed it out.

Look out for the DOT... [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/crazy.gif[/img]

[shor]

Maybe that explains why alot of tow trucks have "not for hire" written on the door?

[BBIGG BLOCK 396]

I am leaving Houston Texas and driving to almost Green Bay Wisconsin to look at buying a car hauling rig,planning on loading my wife's blazer on the back when we get there and drive home.I sure hope I don't get one of those high dollar tickets.I am not going thru PA but thru Illinois,Missouri,Tennessee,Arkansas and Wisconsin.I don't know what the trucks registered GVW is but the guy has used it to haul a race truck for a couple of years.It also has a lounge area,maybe I can tell them it is a recreational vehicle.

Bobby