D.O.T. inspection for any dually
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D.O.T. inspection for any dually
I took my 92 dually to the usual truck garage friday to get the state (Mass) inspection sticker and got a surprise,anything over 10,001 gets a DOT inspection to the tune of $129.00 instead of the usual $29.00 for everything else. This went in place OCT 1st 08.
Does anyone know what it takes to get a (Health card) as I don't have one or know if i need one?? The owner of the garage said he is quite sure the state is going to do the same thing with trailers over 10K next year.
Is this going on everywhere or am I late to the Party??
Does anyone know what it takes to get a (Health card) as I don't have one or know if i need one?? The owner of the garage said he is quite sure the state is going to do the same thing with trailers over 10K next year.
Is this going on everywhere or am I late to the Party??
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well if they are making you go total commercial then you need the DOT # also and the required ins along with the health card. To get the health card you need to find a place that performs DOT physicals. sometimes the state has a list of such clinics if not you mite neeed to look in the phone book or inernet to find them welcome to the world that is a pita
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Charger, are you using your dually for business? As far as a medical card, check with your regular doctor or a doc-in-a-box. Down here, the doc-in-a-box runs around $50 without a drug screen.
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I used to live in MA and couldn't leave there fast enough . That fee is a ripoff . In most other states it would cost you $50 . For those not familiar with MA most pickups are required to have commercial registration . Check out the fees . http://www.mass.gov/rmv/fees/registr...x.htm#otherreg
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HOWEVER... if I remember correctly, you can do your own Federal Annual Inspection, (if you're qualified, which I think almost everyone is!), and then you can fore-go the DOT part of the Mass inspection, thus saving you $100. Tim, (Heavy truck mechanic here on DTR), will probably be more familiar with this new stuff than I am, so you might want to give him a PM.
I come from there and I been there, done that!
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well if they are making you go total commercial then you need the DOT # also and the required ins along with the health card. To get the health card you need to find a place that performs DOT physicals. sometimes the state has a list of such clinics if not you mite neeed to look in the phone book or inernet to find them welcome to the world that is a pita
how close were you? could you lighten it up for inspections?
No, they scan the bar code on the door post which tells gross weight if they are making you go total commercial then you need the DOT # also and the required ins along with the health card and what else they can stick you with.
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Anybody (commercial or not) who drives a vehicle with a registered GVW over 10k is supposed to have a medical card. It's just not enforced with any regularity on your average Joe Motorhome or Jim Dually.
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That DOT inspection is a ripoff. We went through this at work with our bucket truck in Nov, and the inspection didn't take any longer than the old inspections (which used to be $29.)
I keep seeing newer DRW trucks running around Mass. with passenger plates on them, I'm not sure how they're getting away with it, since as I understand it, the passenger class has a weight limit of 8600 or so.
I keep seeing newer DRW trucks running around Mass. with passenger plates on them, I'm not sure how they're getting away with it, since as I understand it, the passenger class has a weight limit of 8600 or so.
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In many states you can register a vehicle for less (or more) than its GVWR. My dually is registered for 8600 lbs because it saves me about $40 a year. It's not illegal as long as you don't load the vehicle beyond your registered weight.
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Mass just implemented another rule I just found out about; my Mass CDL-A license was going to expire at the end of this month and I had planned on keeping it because I teach at the Mass Fire Academy. I DO spend enough time in Mass to be able to do this legally. However, I won't be able to get back to Mass until early May and when I inquired about getting an extension, they told me that once it expired, that was it. No extensions. AND, I'd have to take a written test as well as a driving test. After having a CDL since I was 18, I opted to license in Michigan.
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That DOT inspection is a ripoff. We went through this at work with our bucket truck in Nov, and the inspection didn't take any longer than the old inspections (which used to be $29.)
Same thing here,and they didn't do a smoke test on it this time either.
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"In many states you can register a vehicle for less (or more) than its GVWR. My dually is registered for 8600 lbs because it saves me about $40 a year. It's not illegal as long as you don't load the vehicle beyond your registered weight."
What wammadeisel says is also true in Minn.
I licensed my 33,000lb gvwr dumptruck for 16,000lb to have licensed just to sell it (empty weight). This was at the suggestion of the license office. It saved me $165.00
Ray
What wammadeisel says is also true in Minn.
I licensed my 33,000lb gvwr dumptruck for 16,000lb to have licensed just to sell it (empty weight). This was at the suggestion of the license office. It saved me $165.00
Ray
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not here in Texas, ben driving a dually since i was 17 thats been over 26yrs never had anything said until it was commercial time. i still dont need one because i was born before 1970 unless i am going to cross state lines which is interstate and not intrastate. i have one because i run interstate