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.
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.
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
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, lightcapturephoto <
lightcapturephoto@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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