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California Declared Weight Registration... Dually Pickup
I cant seem to figure out the rules behind declared weight registration on a Dually pickup (or single rear wheel) in California.
I have a 2007 dodge cummins Dually with a pickup box, that I use to tow my tandem dually flatbed goosneck. GVWR on the trailer is 22,500.
(I just want to tow rock crawlers around, and pick up lumber now and then).
I know I need my class A commercial driver's liscense. But I cannot figure out how to register my truck. Right now it is just registered standard commercial like any pickup in california.... No declared weight sticker.
California has this declared weight registration system.
http://dmv.ca.gov/commercial/cvra.htm
Which says Pickups can operate above 10klbs, without declared weight.
but also has this:
http://dmv.ca.gov/vr/fees/weight_over.htm
I have seen pickups in cali registered both ways... with and without declared wight stickers.... (I think that when a flatbed gets swapped for the pickup box you have to go declared weight).
For the life of me I cant figure out what my truck is good for without a declared weight sticker..... or what I need to do to be legal.
California's definition of a Pickup is this:
V C Section 471 Pickup Truck
Pickup Truck
471. A "pickup truck" is a motor truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding 9 feet in length. "Pickup truck" does not include a motor vehicle otherwise meeting the above definition, that is equipped with a bed-mounted storage compartment unit commonly called a "utility body."
Which I think i can operate my trailer hitched to my pickup easily inside of those guidelines. That gives me like 4klbs of payload(including tongue weight) from my trailer.
Anybody have this one figured out???
Thanks,
I cant seem to figure out the rules behind declared weight registration on a Dually pickup (or single rear wheel) in California.
I have a 2007 dodge cummins Dually with a pickup box, that I use to tow my tandem dually flatbed goosneck. GVWR on the trailer is 22,500.
(I just want to tow rock crawlers around, and pick up lumber now and then).
I know I need my class A commercial driver's liscense. But I cannot figure out how to register my truck. Right now it is just registered standard commercial like any pickup in california.... No declared weight sticker.
California has this declared weight registration system.
http://dmv.ca.gov/commercial/cvra.htm
Which says Pickups can operate above 10klbs, without declared weight.
but also has this:
http://dmv.ca.gov/vr/fees/weight_over.htm
I have seen pickups in cali registered both ways... with and without declared wight stickers.... (I think that when a flatbed gets swapped for the pickup box you have to go declared weight).
For the life of me I cant figure out what my truck is good for without a declared weight sticker..... or what I need to do to be legal.
California's definition of a Pickup is this:
V C Section 471 Pickup Truck
Pickup Truck
471. A "pickup truck" is a motor truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding 9 feet in length. "Pickup truck" does not include a motor vehicle otherwise meeting the above definition, that is equipped with a bed-mounted storage compartment unit commonly called a "utility body."
Which I think i can operate my trailer hitched to my pickup easily inside of those guidelines. That gives me like 4klbs of payload(including tongue weight) from my trailer.
Anybody have this one figured out???
Thanks,