My traIler has a mtg rating sticker of 2,900 lbs GVWR, while my truck has a rating of 7,700 lbs GVWR. I do not have any signage as of yet.
--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, Richard Massengill <m2rdick@...> wrote:
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> Questions, does your 6x12 trailer have a mfg sticker rating it at 10,000
> GVWR? I doubt it is above 7,000. Your F-250 is probably rated at 8800. Do
> you have any signage on your vehicles signaling you are a business? The
> federal law defines a commercial vehicle as: Any combination of vehicles
> with a GCWR of 26,001 or more pounds provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s)
> being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds. The states can be stricter but
> not less than the federal laws and some do. I doubt you broke any laws,
> probably a victim of a cash strapped state.
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> In all states if you meet the requirement of CMV then you have to have a DOT
> number displayed, carry (and fill out) a log book, stop at all weigh
> stations and license your vehicle accordingly. I have been delivering
> travel trailer and fifth wheel campers from manufacturing to dealers for the
> last 7 years. I use a 1 ton F-350 dually. I have to be licensed up to 26,000
> since I tow trailers over 10,000 GVWR and I have to have a CDL, stop at all
> weigh scales, fill out a log book, be subject to road side inspections, and
> buy permits to cross certain states. Arizona is one that requires CMVs to
> buy permits.
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> I use the RV business to pay my way to places where I want to visit and
> shoot pictures, otherwise it would not be worth the hassle. I hate to hear
> you got stopped, but I see it more and more in all the states that I travel.
> Welcome to my world.
>
> Richard Massengill
> A.R.Massengill Photography
> www.armassengill.com
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> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, lightcapturephoto <
> lightcapturephoto@...> wrote:
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> > I have just experienced a nightmare of a situation. I have been doing art
> > shows for the past five years and up until this point I have never been
> > pulled over by the highway patrol. Yesterday I arrived in the Phoenix Metro
> > area to do the Fountain Hills show. As I was driving down I-17 I get pulled
> > over by the Arizona Highway Patrol. The officer asks me if I could show him
> > my driver's log book. I replied that I am not a commercial vehicle. He says
> > that my Ford F-250 and my Wells Cargo 6 X 12 trailer is over the 10,000
> > pound threshold (by 600lbs) and that I need to have a drivers log, a US DOT
> > number displayed on my truck, fire extinguisher and three reflecting
> > triangles, I can only drive 10 hours per day then have to rest for 8 hours.
> > The officer then does a complete commercial vehicle inspection on both my
> > truck and my trailer, and then tells me that I am out of service.
> >
> > I arrive in Fountain Hills drop my trailer and drive over to my cousins
> > house (he is a real commercial truck driver). My cousin tells me that in
> > Arizona they have just passed a law that states that if you are driving
> > and/or pulling a trailer and that vehicle or combination of vehicles is over
> > 10,000 pounds and you do not have a drivers log book you are breaking the
> > law in Arizona and it is a federal offense. According to my cousin this not
> > only applies to us as art show vendors but also applies to Uncle Bob pulling
> > an RV with a F-250 from Alberta.
> >
> > Has anyone else dealt with a situation like this? I would like to know
> > before I go out and register my F-250 and my trailer as a commercial
> > vehicle. Also since I am from Washington State I am going to call the DOT
> > and or licensing department.
> >
> >
> >
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