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Originally Posted by ThePrudentNinja
Anyway, one thing everyone here seems to be overlooking is the police. Not sure about elsewhere but here if a cop sees you in a small car towing "a lot", they will pull you over and check to make sure you are within your GVWR. If you aren't, heavy fines. They will break out scales to weigh everything too (I've seen it more than once). If your rear end is "lower than normal" they will assume you are "overloaded" and pull you over to check. If you stay within the GVWR you may be fine but if you get in an accident your insurance may not cover you if you are deemed at fault. Rates will probably go up too.
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That is an east coast thing.
They don't do that in new mexico. Cops around here don't even know how to spell GVWR let alone know what it means.
In new mexico, no tag, no lights, no trailer brakes, missing a wheel or 2, holes in your trailer's deck, all while using only Newtonian physics to secure your over load, that's not a problem here.
When I lived in Virginia, the first cop to see you with any one of those above items would pull you over in an instant.
I have a valid tag, all my lights work, I have trailer brakes, 4 wheels and a full deck and I use cargo straps. They might pull me over just because I am not exactly like everyone else.
Half the people on the road here don't even have insurance. (I have USAA too)