Your lucky you dont live in "dirty jersey", this state sucks #@%!
State of New Jersey - Motor Vehicle Commission
State of New Jersey - Motor Vehicle Commission
DOT / MOT would impound your trailer and fine your butt bigtime here. Would be a really expensive lesson.
Thanks for the info Keith, I had called the State, local, and DMV and only got the run-around when I was trying to determine if I needed a CDL for my 12K trailer. I was told by a trailer place that anything over 10K needed a CDL.An update...
This has all been very educational. But from you guys and from other discussions my brother and I have had.
My brother called a state weigh station, the state police, and the VDMV. They all said the same thing. They don't really care about the 'derated' number when they pull you over, they go straight to the axle ratings, which are generally shown correct. Even if the tag is pulled, they'll just look at the lugs and rim diameter and get the axle rating lickity split.
They then look in the door jam of the truck and find the GVWR. Then they add them together. They are looking for that magical 26k# number.
The BIGGEST wrinkle is that my brother's F350 is rated for 13k#. If he got this trailer or any other trailer with two 7k# axles, he would be in trouble at some point.
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Don't know, I don't understand why they wrote it that way. I live in SC but have land in NC, I tow over 10k rated trailers there all the time, but I'm good with my SC license, which is just a regular license.
If I move to NC someday I will have to upgrade my license. Furthermore I can find nothing online that explains what is different, in NC, as far as testing to get a class A instead of their normal class C (for cars etc) license:confused2:
The tongue on my trailer reads 10,500#. I pull my BX and implements on it...probably 5,000# total. Trailer weighs ~2,500#. I have multiple 10k# d-ring tie-down points bolted to the frame with Grade 8 bolts and use Gr70 chain, 2 over-center binders, and 2 ratchet binders....I hope my Va license will get me by.
Im in the process of buying a new PJ 14K trailer and I was told by my dealer it can be registered at 9990 for $25. PJ sends the sticker to the dealer. If I ever want to change it back I was told I can.
Im in the process of buying a new PJ 14K trailer and I was told by my dealer it can be registered at 9990 for $25. PJ sends the sticker to the dealer. If I ever want to change it back I was told I can.
So even though you register it for only 9990 could you still carry more?
Obviously the trailer can handle it, and the tag says 14K, so unless they inspected the registration, you could probably get away with it. They can't really say your a hazard, and as long as you didn't cross that 26K combined gross threshold seems like just a paper technicality???
If you were in an accident, they might scrutinize you more of course.
JB