Overweight

[John]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
wrote:
>
> Required how? Did you get a ticket?
>
> I've triggered "Enter Scales" signs on various interstates when
crossing the weigh-in-motion pre-checks. I've always ignored them,
and plan to continue to do so.
>


I am slightly paranoid about these issues, having owned a truckin'
company in a past life and being adverse to paying fines as I get
older. With that said and done I am sure that we all have quite a
few tales and anecdotal evidence.

When there was a temporary bridge running across Pensacola Bay the
local (Florida) DOT had a weight in motion scale set up along with a
more permanent set of scales to enforce a weight reduction on the
temp bridge. PT-40's are REALLY heavy and as we came across the
weight in motion scales the scalemaster hit the lights to pull us
in. As I changed lanes he turned the light off and I quickly got
back into the lane to bypass the scales. Since he had let several
trucks go by before we got to the first scale and then he pulled in
several trucks after us I took it that as soon as he realized that we
were a motorhome they didn't want to mess with us.

In my opinion if you are overweight then you can be fined, just like
a commercial vehicle. But in most states the diesel cops are only
taught the laws that relate to commercial vehicles and, in fact, in
many states they are ordered specifically not to mess with non-
commercial vehicles, so that's why they generally let motorhomes
slide.

So far we (motorhome owners) as a class have basically just been
lucky IMHO. But sometimes it's better to be lucky than talented

--PirateJohn--
Jacksonville, FL
1982 PT-40