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Originally Posted by Duffster  How do you figure?
How can DOT cop override the stated GVWR? How can you get a ticket for overloaded axles if the axles are not overloaded?
What next are you going to say you can only rate a semi trailer for what the back axles are rated for? 
Please show us the statute that says how much tongue weight you can have. |
Read the coupler. It's a welded on a-frame 2" or 2 5/16". What does it say? That is where the fun will start as at 8950 it would be 1950 on a tongue coupler rated for 1000 or maybe 1250. That is an overloaded trailer. FLDOT cops know the games that trailer makers play and don't care about the rating a mfg puts on the trailer if it matches the axle ratings or is less. They care about stamped in markings from the ball, hitch, coupler, axle, and tire and rim makers. If they found the trailer with an 8950 lb rating and 2 3500 lb axles loaded to that weight, it likely would get impounded. If they found it had 2 5000 lb axles with tires to match, then they'd make you shift the load to get the tongue weight within the coupler rating, give you a ticket for improper loading and if everything else was ok, send you on your way.
Semi trailers are not the subject of this thread.