Recent content by Steviegoblue

My two cents having been in your position 2 yrs ago. Don't go to a company sponsored school. I can give you 20 good reasons probably, but others are correct, they own you in every way shape and form. Do whatever you can do to go to an independent cdl school to pass your test. Once completed...

Wonderful! Haha....Like I said, there isn't much choice if your staying under 26k for the money. Every other manufacturer I found was about $2k more and heavier curb weight.

If I had all this to do over again knowing what I know now, I'd make damn sure I paid cash for as much as possible. I'd also never again buy a trailer from KAUFMAN TRAILERS. They control the market and therefore their sales and service department has been horrible. I'm convinced they don't care...

Haha.....Yes! Well, I'm kinda discouraged because I really didn't wanna do this registered over 26k. I may consider a two car carrier instead. In which case I bought too much truck. Smh...All of this is so overwhelming but I'm glad I'm learning more about it.

I'm assuming that if I'm in that vehicle even w/o trlr on personal time I have to keep the logbook current?

If I plate the truck at 30k do I just plate the trailer for the GVWR? Why plate truck for double the gvwr? Also, if I'm without trlr just driving truck, is it illegal to have ifta sticker showing and signs on truck?

That clears a lot up for me, thanks so much.

OK. Actually I've had more success getting straight answers here than on those sights, oddly. So basically it appears that the GVWR dictates how you plate. I was under the assumption it was based on actual weight. I have no choice then!!!

Holy cow. Great explanation here. Because this is new to me I'm still a bit unsure of some things. So, the truck and trailer are registered separately? Each has a comm plate with a defined GVWR? I anticipate my truck weighing 8k and empty trailer 6k. My GVWR on the truck is 14k. Trailer GVWR...

Ok, so if I'm following here, the truck MUST be plated for total GCVW? Then just a normal commercial vehicle plate on the trailer?

Excellent advice. I didn't realize I needed to do that, thx!

Mjmsprt40, If you read previously, I said, I will almost NEVER be over 16-17k lbs being towed!!! What don't you get? That is EXACTLY what that truck is manufactured for bro. Weight is weight, it doesn't matter if it's an RV or a car hauler. Almost every single 3 car wedge you see out on the road...

Ok, I understand about the weight, but if I'm registered for any weight over 26k lbs I have to have it, correct? Wouldn't it make sense to register for 30k lbs and pay the IFTA tax and apportioned plates rather than worry about a fine for being slightly overweight all the time and paying to...

Tknight, listen, if you're just one of those people looking to put everyone down, then don't respond anymore. I appreciate your perspectives at first, but I don't think you understand what I'm saying, evidently. I was told by someone at the CDL office that if you weigh over 26k lbs you're...

I don't plan on bypassing DOT weigh scales. I meant bypassing scaling out at like a pilot or something. I'm talking about having to pay $10 every time to weigh and finding out I'm 300 lbs overweight then getting busted and fined at a REAL weigh station. My thought was, is it worth it to just...