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Old 02-15-2008, 06:43 PM   #3
HowieE
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I have not see any state weight an RV but I had heard the BC does and may if you are overweight tow you to there boarder. Even if the states do start this a doubt the fine will approach 10,000. Each state has an overweight fine schedule for trucks and I would assume if inforced that would be the rate structure. It s all about money.

The upcoming problem is that insurance companies are reportly consider weighing a trailer that are involved in an accident for over weight. Over weight may not only be the weight of the trailer but also if the trailer exceeds the rated load of the TV.

It is a good idea from a shear safty consideration to weigh your trailer. Those shoes under the bed and cans of beans do add up.

Another consideration is the fact that RV makers are realy cutting back on the capacity a given trailer can hold. Last year Airstream sold a trailer in the US that had a 40 lb. capacity. That same trailer sold in Canada would carry 400 lbs.
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