BC weight limits

[teeroy]

And seeing how this is a BC thread, this may or may not hold water? Thanks Troy

lol....just means that if you follow that advice and head into BC, you may run into trouble.

 

[Trashy]

I appreciate the help on this, even though it is a BC thread. I will still swing by the scale's tomorrow and see what they have to say. I just had a 2014 D5500 weighed there last week. They gave me the total truck weight, and told me to go off of the tire rating. They didn't give a chit about the GAWR..... But like T said, this is in Alberta.

 

[ABMax24]

Here is the sticker on my 2014 F350



I cannot exceed 11500lbs on both axles combined. (GVWR)
I cannot exceed 6000lbs on the front axle.(Front GAWR)
I cannot exceed 7000lbs on the rear axle. (Rear GAWR)

Even though my tires are rated for more than my axles I can still not exceed either the GAWR or the GVWR, as exceeding either is technically a violation of the law.

Although I would still be curious to see what the Alberta DOT says about how and which laws they choose to enforce, but as mentioned before this may not be the case in BC.

 

[catalac]

If the vehicle is ass down don't be surprised if he gets pulled over, RCMP are enforcing this more and more, and if the truck is heavier than the endorsed GVW on his insurance it will be void if he has a wreck, I just talked to an agent about this and raised the GVW on my pickup

Never thought of the insurance, tx for the heads up.

 

[TROLLCAT]

It depends on the Inspector at the scale and how he wants to use the Rule Book and I believe this works in any province

 

[Trashy]

It depends on the Inspector at the scale and how he wants to use the Rule Book and I believe this works in any province

Slightly off topic..... That is how it works in residential & commercial construction.

 

[TROLLCAT]

The door sticker is what is used for vehicle weight capacity in BC

and there is no luxury tax on anything 1 ton and up

and if I was doing a vehicle inspection and there was P rated tires on a 1 ton it would pass as long as there was enough tread depth on the tires

the law does not come into play until your caught breaking it

 

[ippielb]

Very interesting thread, if i was anywhere near my legal limit i would get a print out and keep that in my back pocket in case i got pulled over, then it's the CAT Scale's fault or where ever else you went. That rarely happens though as most scales are calibrated biweekly. We have a scale at my work that i can weigh myself, which i need to do with my truck.

And one other thing, you can increase your GVWR but it is a pain, you need to go through engineers and blah blah blah got that one straight from the dot.

 

[MP Kid]

Slightly off topic..... That is how it works in residential & commercial construction.

Not so funny, but true enough!

 

[ferniesnow]

and there is no luxury tax on anything 1 ton and up

When I bought my 2013, this is what I found. If the price of the vehicle is over $55,000 the "BC luxury tax" starts at 2% and increases incrementally as the price goes higher. Any of the F350's with a diesel have a "luxury tax".

 

[imdoo'n]

When I bought my 2013, this is what I found. If the price of the vehicle is over $55,000 the "BC luxury tax" starts at 2% and increases incrementally as the price goes higher. Any of the F350's with a diesel have a "luxury tax".

Wow, They like the retired guys

 

[Clode]

When I bought my 2013, this is what I found. If the price of the vehicle is over $55,000 the "BC luxury tax" starts at 2% and increases incrementally as the price goes higher. Any of the F350's with a diesel have a "luxury tax".

my F-350 dually had no luxury tax

 

[takethebounce]

Why is it so hard to follow the legal printed GVWR sticker on the vehicle? It's there for a reason.

If I put E rated tires on a Mazda B2200 can I carry 10,000 pounds in it? But officer the tires are good for 3000 pounds each!


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[ferniesnow]

my F-350 dually had no luxury tax

When did you buy it?

 

[Syclone74]

Just bought a 2014 ram 3500 in April and no luxury tax.

 

[TROLLCAT]

my F-350 dually had no luxury tax

They were feelin sorry for yah because they seen you were going to be haulin a Yammy..................

 

[Clode]

When did you buy it?

2012, its considered commercial so there is no extra tax

 

[Clode]

They were feelin sorry for yah because they seen you were going to be haulin a Yammy..................

they knew with two Nytros on the deck I needed a 1 ton

 

[woody_tobius_jr]

I pulled into the golden scales and asked what they look for, they told me that they will look at what the tires are rated for, and then look at the door decal, and then go by the one that is the lowest rated.


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