Neither Google or Bing would find that text. I spent 15 minutes searching
thru various Arizona laws online and didn't find anything. But I did find
one place where they specify a combined GVW of 18001 pounds or more as
requiring a commercial license. There is a calculator on this page:
<http://www.azdot.gov/mvd/CMVInfo.asp> about half way down.
I'll ask on RV.NET
BK
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On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 18:44, Richard Massengill <m2rdick@gmail.com> wrote:
> If this is in fact the latest law then it far exceeds the federal
> definition. Not a good sign for folks trying to make a living.
>
> RM
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Harrison Phillips <
> Harrison@harrisonphillips.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Someone found this in the Arizona DOT website:
> >
> > "If you generate revenue through the transportation of your own property,
> > property of others (for-hire), perform a service that is a part of your
> > business or have a personal hobby that involves the use of a vehicle or
> > combination of vehicles that has a gross vehicle weight (GVW) of more
> than
> > 10,000 lbs, you meet the definition of a Motor Carrier and must obtain a
> US
> > DOT number."
> >
> > Interesting.
> >
> > Harrison
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: lightcapturephoto
> > To: artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:01 AM
> > Subject: [artshow_photo] Commercial Vehicle Status
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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