Nickaru
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A friend of mine is buying a new tow vehicle because the current 3/4 ton 4x4 is overloaded towing his 40 foot Ragin. He tells me the LEO down in Glamis are checking and citing mostly short bed 3/4 ton trucks that obviously look over loaded towing that 40 foot 5th wheel.
I know last season, there was a long exit line in Glamis for Thanksgiving and New years holidays as LEO's checked all vehicles for proper registration of the off road toys. I didn't hear anything then about tow vehicle checks.
Has anyone heard anything about tow vehicle checks??
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It's kinda like bigfoot and unicrons. You hear stories they exist, but never hear any with first hand knowledge.
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If they did that,the next hot spots would be Lowes/Home Depot.Amazing what can be loaded into a 1500 series truck.
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JIMNLIN
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Many short bed trucks have larger payload numbers than a long bed simply because the long bed is a heavier truck. CA may crack down on overloading/wrong registration/vehicle insurance check/etc but not for a longbed/short bed reason.
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I'm also having a little difficulty seeing any viability to the story since they're concentrating on SHORT trucks? Just makes no sense since short ones have pretty much the same payload and CERTAINLY the same GVWR as long bed models. That alone would make me question the story.
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Nickaru wrote:A friend of mine is buying a new tow vehicle because the current 3/4 ton 4x4 is overloaded towing his 40 foot Ragin. He tells me the LEO down in Glamis are checking and citing mostly short bed 3/4 ton trucks that obviously look over loaded towing that 40 foot 5th wheel.
I know last season, there was a long exit line in Glamis for Thanksgiving and New years holidays as LEO's checked all vehicles for proper registration of the off road toys. I didn't hear anything then about tow vehicle checks.
Has anyone heard anything about tow vehicle checks??
He probably told wife that story so he could get a new truck.
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It's more believable to me that they would check proper licenses for that weight. That's a quicker check. Otherwise they'd have to check the axle & tire ratings and weigh the vehicle. Thosr are the only ratings they can cite for.
But good for your buddy for upgrading to a more sensible truck.
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nevadanick
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They can only check tire ratings, not axle.
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five'er
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I have witnesed something like this (live coverage on the morning news). In the spring or near the high times (long weekends) the police in Ontario (OPP) will set up check stops, usually at service stations off the highway in known high traffic areas (North of Toronto). They look for safe towing practices and equiptment such as functional lights, tires as well as ensuring all the laws surrounding the road are followed (loads secure, adiquate tread etc).. I have seen (live coverage on the morning news) where they have even impounded vehicles at these check stops. I am not sure if they have portable scales but I would assume they probably do. Although they may suggest they target people towing.. they will pull in ANY vehicle that may not be within the set limits.. I was pulled over once in a small older car for a "Safety check" The officer went as far as to check the floor boards after checking the lights etc.. it does happen.
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DuneMe
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Do they carry a scale??? I don't know how you could site a guy for driving a short bed 150/1500 if you didn't weigh it???
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