Tractor and implements- I need to move from WV to AZ

[WinterDeere]

This might make you Gin drinkers cringe but I use Grey Goose or Tito's vodka and the olive juice from my spicy blue cheese olives...I take the vermouth out of the cabinet, look at it then put it back

lol... that's not a Martini! It's vodka in a funny glass!

Even the traditional gin martini drinkers had been going more and more dry, some getting the the point of just spritzing it over the glass, but now things seem to be swinging back toward the more traditional. Most old recipes are 2 parts gin + 1 part dry vermouth, although 3 + 1 is probably most popular today.

Sounds like you have a good plan with the gooseneck rental, albeit a long drive. Time to sign up for Audible, if you don't already have an account. A good audio book or two makes those long drives much more tolerable.

 

[dirtymartini]

I'd pass on the "Not for hire" signs.

No sense in advertising that you feel a bit guilty towing your own stuff around.

Just in case I roll by a scale and they decide to come pull me over. I do have a class A CDL but I will be looking like a Hotshot driver rolling past.

 

[zzvyb6]

But another alternative could be selling all of it and buy new/different equipment when you get to Az. This way, start with a tractor and then buy just the attachments you actually need. I'll bet your inventory would be smaller out West.

 

[RayIN]

I'd pass on the "Not for hire" signs.

No sense in advertising that you feel a bit guilty towing your own stuff around.

Full-time RVers who drive a HDT tractor have "private vehicle, not for hire" on the doors. A 1T dually pulling a 40' flat-bed gooseneck is seldom looked at by DOT.
As to weight limits some have quoted, that is a state thing, so it depends on the state from which the vehicle is licensed, and drivers license issued.
One thing regulated by each state is overall length.
Towing laws by state

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Just in case I roll by a scale and they decide to come pull me over. I do have a class A CDL but I will be looking like a Hotshot driver rolling past.

I'll be going past several scales in NM, AZ, and CA, in a month or two with my 14K GVWR 3500 (which has a flatbed) and an empty 25K rated 35' trailer.

I no longer have a CDL, and won't stop at any scales. In CA I really should because of the flatbed, but won't worry about NM or AZ. Just like nothing has ever happened in CO, UT, NV, or TX.

Could an officer be a bit miffed after deciding to chase me down? Of course he could, but I'm legal in my home state, and would most likely pass an inspection. So far, after tens of thousands of miles, empty and maybe a wee bit overloaded, there hasn't been a problem - not stopping, no signs.

Now, coming back from CA driving an unregistered Pete (pulling the gooseneck with the 3500 on it) could be a different story.

 

[jyoutz]

I'll be going past several scales in NM, AZ, and CA, in a month or two with my 14K GVWR 3500 (which has a flatbed) and an empty 25K rated 35' trailer.

I no longer have a CDL, and won't stop at any scales. In CA I really should because of the flatbed, but won't worry about NM or AZ. Just like nothing has ever happened in CO, UT, NV, or TX.

Could an officer be a bit miffed after deciding to chase me down? Of course he could, but I'm legal in my home state, and would most likely pass an inspection. So far, after tens of thousands of miles, empty and maybe a wee bit overloaded, there hasn't been a problem - not stopping, no signs.

Now, coming back from CA driving an unregistered Pete (pulling the gooseneck with the 3500 on it) could be a different story.

You have pretty good intuition. You are unlikely to be stopped in AZ or NM.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

You have pretty good intuition. You are unlikely to be stopped in AZ or NM.

It's not so much intuition as experience, from many years of driving through those states.

 

[Tinhack]

After being forced to sell my LS R4047 a couple years ago due to divorce my friend wants to sell it back to me.

I'm late to the meeting but I just wanted to say that you recovered well if you are buying it back. Good on you.

 

[Tinhack]

You have pretty good intuition. You are unlikely to be stopped in AZ or NM.

Perhaps. If NM ever finished that highway. I think it was US 87. The last time I was there, state troopers lined the highway, and the speed limit was 25mph. They must have written hundreds of tickets that night. You couldn't go a mile without seeing flashing lights. I made it through but that was a long trip on what was supposed to be a short cut to IH 25 going north.

Don't go through NM if you can avoid it.

 

[jyoutz]

Perhaps. If NM ever finished that highway. I think it was US 87. The last time I was there, state troopers lined the highway, and the speed limit was 25mph. They must have written hundreds of tickets that night. You couldn't go a mile without seeing flashing lights. I made it through but that was a long trip on what was supposed to be a short cut to IH 25 going north.

Don't go through NM if you can avoid it.

I don’t know of any current long construction projects in NM. I don’t know where highway 87 is in NM, but it’s a major busy highway in AZ?