What weight plate do you have on your pickup?

[radman1]

I have a ford F250 crew cab. One day stopped at a weigh station on interstate like a good boy. Was pulling a 16' tandem axle trailer rated with tags for 9000#. On the trailer I had a kubota 7100 tractor probably weighing 2000 lbs. I got a ticket for too much truck weight - $60. The truck with the trailer attached weighed over 9000# which is more than the truck was liscensed for. I had the tractor more toward the front of the trailer and the tongue weight and large tool box in the truck put me over 9000#. I have farm land and later got farm tags. Now my truck and and any trailer together can weigh up to 26,000 lbs and it doesn't matter how the weight is distributed. I could have 22,000 lbs on the truck and 3,999 lbs on the trailer or a 3,999 lb truck and 22,000 lbs on the trailer and still be legal. The farm tags are the same price as regular tags in my state.

 

[Dargo]

Radman, you make an excellent point which is part of my concern. I honestly don't know how much tongue weight I have on my GN trailer, but I bet it's a bit. My larger one is a 20k GN with tandem duals. I think the trailer tag says that it weighs about 6500 itself. I don't know how much of that would end up being tongue weight with nothing on the trailer. Then, I generally do have to pull my tractor up a bit to get all to fit right and have nothing over the tail with the FEL and a 7' bush hog. I still have about 6' or so to spare at the tail of the trailer, but it handles well and the truck doesn't squat much with everything loaded that way. But, as you mentioned, I don't have any idea what my "truck" would actually weigh then including tongue weight. If I'm going to go ahead and buy a heavier plate to be legal, I figure I ought to make sure that I really am legal. Our DMV doesn't have a clue.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Radman, you make an excellent point which is part of my concern. I honestly don't know how much tongue weight I have on my GN trailer, but I bet it's a bit. My larger one is a 20k GN with tandem duals. I think the trailer tag says that it weighs about 6500 itself. I don't know how much of that would end up being tongue weight with nothing on the trailer. Then, I generally do have to pull my tractor up a bit to get all to fit right and have nothing over the tail with the FEL and a 7' bush hog. I still have about 6' or so to spare at the tail of the trailer, but it handles well and the truck doesn't squat much with everything loaded that way. But, as you mentioned, I don't have any idea what my "truck" would actually weigh then including tongue weight. If I'm going to go ahead and buy a heavier plate to be legal, I figure I ought to make sure that I really am legal. Our DMV doesn't have a clue.

I should know this but I don't. Does Indiana in fact have "weighted" trailer tags? (i.e. 12,000gvw) As I've mentioned, Kentucky has just a trailer tag, no weight assigned. Then you tag the TRUCK for combined gross vehicle weight rating and/or maximum weight you expect to haul, which ever is SMALLER. Naturally, if you expect to haul OVER the max. GVWR, no tag will cover you. We don't even have to license trailers here if they're non-commercial. No titles either.

 

[LBrown59]

I should know this but I don't. Does Indiana in fact have "weighted" trailer tags? (i.e. 12,000gvw) As I've mentioned, Kentucky has just a trailer tag, no weight assigned. Then you tag the TRUCK for combined gross vehicle weight rating and/or maximum weight you expect to haul, which ever is SMALLER. Naturally, if you expect to haul OVER the max. GVWR, no tag will cover you. We don't even have to license trailers here if they're non-commercial. No titles either.[/quote]
There is no title for my 6x8 utility trailer.

 

[QRTRHRS]

I have a ford F250 crew cab. One day stopped at a weigh station on interstate like a good boy. Was pulling a 16' tandem axle trailer rated with tags for 9000#. On the trailer I had a kubota 7100 tractor probably weighing 2000 lbs. I got a ticket for too much truck weight - $60. The truck with the trailer attached weighed over 9000# which is more than the truck was liscensed for. I had the tractor more toward the front of the trailer and the tongue weight and large tool box in the truck put me over 9000#. I have farm land and later got farm tags. Now my truck and and any trailer together can weigh up to 26,000 lbs and it doesn't matter how the weight is distributed. I could have 22,000 lbs on the truck and 3,999 lbs on the trailer or a 3,999 lb truck and 22,000 lbs on the trailer and still be legal. The farm tags are the same price as regular tags in my state.

I don't agree with you. True, you can register over the manufacturers GVW or GCWR and as long as you are scaling okay, usually you have no problem. Have an accident then you better have a good lawyer.

You cannot however, legally exceed the max rated weight capacity listed on your tires. You get on a scale grossly weighted out like that and any good DOT cop worth his badge is going to look at that.

 

[rback33]

My 03 Dodge has 16,000 lb Farm Tags. I never want there to be a question about it. I hauled some HEAVY loads with the F-350 I used to have and don't want to deal with it. Heavy truck farm tags are a cheaper way to go in Kansas if you can get by with it.