[AT] OT: Truck USDOT number

Steve W. swilliams268 at frontier.com
Sat Oct 19 08:31:22 PDT 2013


charlie hill wrote:
> Steve is there a weight minimum on that restriction?
> If not it must be something new since I had license on
> my 2 ton (26,000 gvw) dump truck.  I haven't licensed it
> in about 6 or 7 years.  
> 
> I'm not at all opposed to the DOT number because it allows
> you to get a federal inspection on the vehicle instead of 
> the state inspection but if it was a requirement the last time
> I licensed "ole Margaret", I somehow got around it and didn't get caught.
> For that matter, my pickup truck has commercial tags on it but no DOT #.
> 
> Charlie
> 

Depends on which laws you go by. Feds say 26,001 GVW or Combination over 
  26,001. The state says anything over 10,000 GVW.

-- 
Steve W.



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