Truck weight registration

[Professor Marvel]

I am looking at an old bucket truck to use around my properties so it should never be driven far but I will occasionally need to move it down the road. It is on a F700 and has a 40 ft lift on it. Looking at the specs the truck weights about 10,000 lbs and the boom probably doesn't weigh more than the truck so I a guessing that the truck weighs somewhere around 20,000 (I will take it to the scales at the grain bin to make sure exactly what weight it is). Looks like the GVWR is 33,000. I don't plan on ever carrying anything on it or towing anything with it. Is there any problem with me registering is as a 26,000 vehicle so I won't need a CDL to drive it. I don't have and don't want a CDL.

 

[George2615]

Not at all. You can register it for any weight that is greater than the actual weight.
If the vehicle weighs 10K you can register it for anything between 10 and 33K if you like.
Just like a trailer. Just because a trailer may be rated for 14K doesn't mean you have to register it for that weight.
Just don't be over the registered weight if you have to go on the DOT scales.

 

[Professor Marvel]

Thanks George

 

[breadtrk]

Does it have Air brakes? Air = CDL

 

[Professor Marvel]

No air brakes

 

[MacLawn]

Good question professor. I've been wanting an old dump truck I found, and was wondering the same thing. I just love old trucks like this! I'd like to haul a bit of fill dirt and gravel for me place. Have a heap of ditches that need filling.

oh, when ye get'er, post some pics!

 

[Rock knocker]

It is very uncommon for states to allow a truck to be registered for less than the manufacturers GVW.

 

[paulharvey]

It is very uncommon for states to allow a truck to be registered for less than the manufacturers GVW.

I had a 2500hd that was originally listed at over 6,000 lbs, and that doubled my tag fee; lady at tag office asked if I used it to haul or just drive. I told her (the truth) just as a commuter vehicle 99%; she revised it to 5,999 lbs saving me around $90/year.

 

[paulharvey]

I am looking at an old bucket truck to use around my properties so it should never be driven far but I will occasionally need to move it down the road. It is on a F700 and has a 40 ft lift on it. Looking at the specs the truck weights about 10,000 lbs and the boom probably doesn't weigh more than the truck so I a guessing that the truck weighs somewhere around 20,000 (I will take it to the scales at the grain bin to make sure exactly what weight it is). Looks like the GVWR is 33,000. I don't plan on ever carrying anything on it or towing anything with it. Is there any problem with me registering is as a 26,000 vehicle so I won't need a CDL to drive it. I don't have and don't want a CDL.

You don't need a CDL in Florida to drive a truck (excluding interstates) if used exclusively for agriculture purposes.

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CDL Exemptions

The following persons are exempt from the requirements to obtain a commercial driver license:

Drivers of authorized emergency vehicles that are equipped with extraordinary audible warning devices that display red or blue lights and are on call to respond to emergencies;or
Military personnel driving military vehicles; or
Farmers transporting farm supplies or farm machinery, or transporting agricultural products to or from the first place of storage or processing or directly to or from market, within 150 miles of their farm; or
Drivers of recreational vehicles used for recreational purposes; or
Drivers who operate straight trucks (single units) that are exclusively transporting their own tangible personal property which is not for sale.
An employee of a publicly owned transit system who is limited to moving vehicles for maintenance or parking purposes exclusively within the restricted-access confines of a transit system's property.

 

[bcp]

I remember reading some exceptions for trucks that don't carry a cargo on the highway, such as cranes and boom trucks. I think they were registered at actual weight, not GVW. You might check on that.

Bruce