My truck is a work/daily driver I use the truck to haul landscape materials and do rubbish removal. I'am going to get back into the landscaping again for the winter there is so much work the other landscapers are not answering their phones. That makes me feel better I know I will have lots of work for the winter if I advertise and let people know I'am back into the hauling.
I will haul up to 2-3 yards of material being 3 yards is topsoil if its really light then 4 yards. When I had a dump truck before people wanted sand or navvy jack for small concrete mixing or people want screenings for their driveway usually they only need 2 yards. Most excavation contractors don't want to pizz around delivering less than 12 yards they are so busy doing their big jobs.
I'am thinking about trying a F-350 again the only problem if I get caught overloaded the DOT can make me go get my truck inspected by a repair shop which isn't cheap either. The insurance is classed as null and void untill the inspection is done and I take the inspection papers to the RCMP station.
They may go the other way and give me a overweight fine which is 11.50 dollars for every 100kgs 220lbs I'am over gvw or axle weights.
The axle rating on a 10.25 Ford dually is around 8200lbs I don't know if anybody has exceeded that or not. I know I can exceed the gvw of the truck I used to with my old F-350 I used to with my other F-Superduty it grossed close to 19,000lbs a few times with 9000lbs of gravel on it
Its these new rules that deal with the National Safety Code is what I didn't know about good thing I decided to get more info on it.
I can avoid all the rules if I license a 350 for 5000kgs 11,000lbs but with the gvw so low don't want to get caught a overload fine would be expensive.
There is no way of cheating the system the days are gone of using a 1 ton truck to haul any size load fairly trouble free. The only thing before if you were not a legal registered trucking company it wasn't legal to haul other peoples freight. Now that the trucking industry has deregulated anybody can haul freight legally but you need a NSC number (replaced motorcarrier plate).
What has surprised me is what the DOT can really fine a person with which are really minor things. The people that deal with registration and insurance never told me about it I don't think they tell anybody about it.
With the 450s becoming more popular there will be alot of people getting a big surprise when the DOT pulls them over and they start racking up the violation fines. Its a 1.5 ton truck but it has alot more baggage attached to it same goes with E-450 Cube vans.
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