Sigh! If only that were true. I could tie you up all day with what I went through trying to get answers just registering my stuff.
The following questions have been taken up with two different DMV offices, two state troopers, one diesel bear, the town office where we register things and two offices in the capital:
State regs require commercial plates on a vehicle rated in excess of 8000#. My pickup weighs just shy of that when parked with me in it, and is rated for 9900#, and so has commercial plates. Is operation of my pickup for personal use with nothing in tow subject to any of the restrictions place on commercial vehicles? Must I carry the higher minimum insurance coverage required for commercial vehicles? Am I allowed to stop at the store and transport a six-pack home in my pickup?
Regs require a commercial vehicle inspection (more detailed and inspection stations charge by the hour instead of the usual flat-rate) for vehicles rated in excess of 10,000#. My truck is rated for less, but my gooseneck is rated for 14k. Does the trailer require a commercial inspection?
What constitutes commercial operation? Specific case, my step-daughter bought four tons of wood pellet for her stove. I hauled them to her home on my gooseneck, without charge or compensation of any sort. Is that commercial? Suppose I did the same for a neighbor, who is not related?
My pickup is rated for 9900#. Are there any requirements that kick in when I hitch to a trailer rated in excess of 100# (read "ANY trailer")?
For everything I've typed above that ends with a question mark, I have been given at least two and as many as four (with different twists)conflicting answers by some combination of the regulatory agencies and the folks on the roads who enforce the regs.
A phone call won't cover your boot, and there ain't nothin' simple about it.
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