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Originally Posted by BB_TX
In Texas (and some other states) you are required to have a class A non CDL if your GCWR (combined rated weights) is 26,001 lbs. That is the RATED weight, not the ACTUAL weight. On a scale your truck and trailer may weight 24,000 lbs. But if the combined sticker rated weights (GVWR) of the truck and trailer total 26,001 lbs then you are required to have a class A non CDL. So they do not have to know your actual weight to give a ticket if they were so inclined. And not likely to do so unless they pulled you over for some other infraction, which could be as simple as failing to give a turn signal or not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign.
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Sorry, I totally disagree... GVWRs have Nothing to do with loaded and running weights.. Our stickers add up to.. 14000 gvwr of truck and 16000 on trailer.. No way would we be cited for a running weight of 23000 lbs.. Even tho the stickers add up to 30k..GVWR is the amount the truck can weigh loaded and the same with the trailer... I know of no one who would tow our trailer at 16000 lbs..gvwr. this would mean NO people can enter... No bird can land on the roof..Our state did have an "R" endorsement but they don't any longer..The only time they worry about weight is if one drives commercially. However, a year ago, Some guy from Tahoe loaded up his 35 foot boat with 6 tires and hooked up his ford f350.He could not stop at the bottom of Spooner Summit and Killed several people as the boat pushed the truck across the intersection of 50 and 395.. This Guy is Guilty and was arrested. Im sure if any law enforcement saw this they would have stopped him.. This had nothing to do with a license endorsement and everything to do with Blatent Overloading.. The boat Was HUGE! It should have been towed with a tractor ie Freightliner Commercially with a WIDE LOAD warning and a vehicle in front and at the rear.