Not that i had any reason to go there in the first place. This just confirms that i will never go there.


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-Kyle

 

I think that 3 ton limit is a throw back to 50's.
This topic has been discussed on other forums before. If I recall correctly, when the government did its second push to expand the National infrastructure (the first being under FDR and his "New Deal"), the techniques and resources of the time were not what they are today.
Many bridges were built with the 3 ton limit. Also concrete/asphalt was not the same quality as today and could not stand up to loads much over 3 tons.
Also, as a note, (again from memory, so details may not be exact) I think the 3 ton limit was for the trucks load, not the truck.
Even cars back in the 40's and 50's could approach and pass the 3 ton rating.
(Just look at a 59 Cadillac).

You can still see this today in certain parts of the country where 3 ton limits are still posted on bridges and some back roads.
Also, due to the expansion of trucking with the new freeways and interstates, many countys paved "Truck Routes" to bypass the now aging, 3 ton limit areas.

Across the nation (not just California) there are still places that have 3 ton limits on their infrastructure.
It does not surprise me to find out that California probably has more of these 3 ton limits just based on the quantity of highways they have.
I know of several myself that are all along Old Route 66.

Rich

 

I remember seeing these signs in most residential areas of Buffalo, N.Y. where I grew up and always wondered how furniture and appliance stores were able to make their deliveries and what about trash trucks, they got to weigh 2-3 times that when full? So in reality it is not enforced except on the Pasadena Freeway I was with a guy driving a bobtail stakebed when he was sited for exceeding weight limit. That freeway was built in 1929 and is very dangerous for cars and that's why they want to keep big trucks off it.

 

Try this on for size... In North Carolina, Your license plates go according to GCWR. For example, I'm tagged for 15,000lbs, which is about the most I'll weigh in at.. (Moby + trailer + Toyota FJ-40 + camping gear)

Trailer tags are a fixed (cheap) fee, and are not charged according to weight IIRC.

My friend with his F-250SD has the same tags.. we pay close to $200 a year for the plates, which up until 2004, were labeled "commercial"... now they're just called "weighted"

Here's the funny part: If he traded his F250 for an Excursion, which we all know is the same truck, he can run regular 'ol car tags, pay $35 a year, and tow whatever he wants.

SUV's are completely exempt from the tag requirement, even if used 100% for commercial use.

Ain't THAT some BS?

Self-serving politicians... I bet every one of 'em drives a SUV..a big one.

 

That's fine, but if you do come to Cali, take someone with you when you leave. Better yet, one under each arm. Heck, load the back of the truck. Drop 'em in S. Dakota. Tom Daschle needs liberal neighbors.

Too many people here already......

 

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That is not true unless you **** off a treehugger or a cop! It is ment to keep the big rig's and bobtails off the residential streets.Some of the streets in the older cities are way to narrow for them.They won't mess with you unless you give them a pretty good reason.