Nominal Tonnage on title???

[sreigle]

Anybody know what that means? I was looking at the title for the shipping weight of my F250 (it's 6920) and noticed a "nominal tonnage" rating. In researching via google, about all I'm finding is reference to nominal ratings of 1 ton and of 3/4 ton, for determining vehicle registration fees. Anybody know what this term is all about?

On edit, I was not looking at the South Dakota title. I was looking at the original Certificate of Origin from Ford. I had made a photocopy before sending the original to SD.

[snfexpress]

Steve,

If like Nevada, it means how much you're towing (and thus tearing up the roads), and thus how much extra tax you have to pay.

[HomeOnTheRoad]

Does it have to do with 3/4 ton or 1 ton or 1 1/2 ton?

[Fordzilla]

Every vehicle has a nominal weight put on the manufacture certificate of origin when you purchase new. My dually was over the normal 3 ton license that I had on my previous 1 ton SRW, so they told me I had to pay a 5 ton fee of $105. I called them out and said it can't weigh that much more than my previous truck and after they checked I should have had to pay for at least a 4 ton license on the '04 F350.