HOT150

I live in Florida and had to buy truck plates for my Super Crew. Over 5,000 pounds.

flamehead16

my truck with my other set of tires in the bed and me and a passenger sit at 7000 pounds when i went to the dump

smurfs_of_war

That's weird. I'm sure there's a reason- but still weird.

Here in sask, I pay my 1160 per year for plates, insurance and my license. That's with comprehensive coverage, additional liability and a "package policy" to a zero deductible to fix all those little critters that seem to bump in to me.

We don't have a designation for passenger vehicles with heavier weights. It's either a private vehicle, farm, or commercial.

jonbar87

right around 5800 lbs

ken75ranger

delete

Tussin_Wolf

My 4x4 SCab 6.5' weighs around 6100lbs. when I hit the scales every day. If you're driving a SCrew with 8' box then it weighs far more than 5731 lbs. More than likely Ford gave you the dry weight which is cab and chassis only; no box, no fluids, no fuel, no passengers, and obviously no cargo. Yours is probably more like 6400 lbs. when you're fueled up and riding in it.

Almost all jurisdictions have some sort of provision in their traffic laws that stipulates weight. First of all, lots of jurisdictions charge plate/permit fees based on how much weight you're transmitting to the road; more weight, more wear and tear to infrastructure. Secondly, by basing plates on weight, it prevents cheap bastards from slapping the cheapest plates they can buy onto their vehicle and then actually using it for commercial purpose. Sneaky buggers.

rancherlee

My scab 5.0L 4x4 is 5609 with a full tank according to the 7300#gvw - 1691# payload. Minnesota has passenger plates for everything from Geo Metros up to F-350 duallys! 1 tons have the option of either passenger plates or commercial plates. Passenger plates have a maximum combined weight restriction, commercial plates allow more combined weight but are CHEAPER than passenger plates but then you also have to follow DOT rules and can get pulled over by DOT inspectors and have to hit the scales.