Are you saying that people driving pickups, for example, a 1 ton duelly pulling a 3 horse slant are being pulled over?I personally know a couple of people getting stopped and all manners of problems started when pulling a normal truck and 3 horse trailers, so it is not a myth. Niether driver had a CDL, though one was driving with his older father, who did have a CDL licence. Other friend... got hauled off to the police station and truck, trailer and horse inside taken away. Was a major mess getting the horse home..since they would not let her drive the truck with trailer..she had to find another ride for her horse and have someone else pull her trailer home and boy did it cost her a lot.
One truck was a 3/4 ton with a 3800lb trailer... other.. a Cummings tubo Diesel 1 ton from chrsyler... no Dually on either of them. Trailer on this one was 4200lb weight. Both were going through states that they did not live in and had no knowledge of. One person was just going to a horse show and another person picking up an Icelandic she bought, both private owners. Both had all the proper paper work for the horses, though that was not asked for.Are you saying that people driving pickups, for example, a 1 ton duelly pulling a 3 horse slant are being pulled over?I personally know a couple of people getting stopped and all manners of problems started when pulling a normal truck and 3 horse trailers, so it is not a myth. Niether driver had a CDL, though one was driving with his older father, who did have a CDL licence. Other friend... got hauled off to the police station and truck, trailer and horse inside taken away. Was a major mess getting the horse home..since they would not let her drive the truck with trailer..she had to find another ride for her horse and have someone else pull her trailer home and boy did it cost her a lot.
And even if we are from a non DOT state, we have to get a DOT# to pass thru a state that requires a DOT#? Or a CDL? As a private person trailering my own horses?
Sue
Carin it does not matter about the axles it is about weight and like I stated if your truck and trailer are over 10,001 GVWR you are required by law to have a DOT number.Just spoke with my husband who used to sell trailers. Apparently, the DOT is required on rigs with dual axles (not two axles, but axles that require 2 tires on each side per axle). Not your typical gooseneck horse trailer rig.
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