That went into effect a while ago right? I got pulled over twice in 2013 and I don't have a medical card on file with the state....they just checked to see if the date was current and handed it back to me.
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That went into effect a while ago right? I got pulled over twice in 2013 and I don't have a medical card on file with the state....they just checked to see if the date was current and handed it back to me.
No, according to the letter, I am downgraded to "don't get caught driving anything".
You are mistaken (at least in Missouri) about the "downgraded to a class C" comment. Class C is for vehicles less than 26,001 GVR which are transporting 16 or more passengers or are placarded for Hazmat.
Since class C still requires a medical card...Nope. Cannot do that either.
treeclimber101
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Or it could be I'm just smarter ten you , I don't why you'd assume that I would be a troublemaker anyway I don't really give off that heir anyway , I am more like a real nice guy who is a motorcycle enthusiast and my hobby is growing hair and cutting trees ! But as far as the criminal thing goes I'm a father now I can't act like a ******* when I am trying to be a good person. Sorry for teasing you ....I guess they did. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm still amazed that such a tough guy/tree guy/ bearded biker type as yourself has never been arrested for anything!!?? Lol. I'm thinking all beard and type and no bite, but I could be wrong. LOL.
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NYTREECLIMBER
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those should fill out nice . I can't believe people pay someone to do work like this
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
That's to ward off would be pirates who have plans on looting the houses !
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
LOL, just watched them push over the log, had like 6 guys, just a back cut, no notch, all pushin is hard as they can. They all jump for joy once it is over,LMAO! Truck must not have been busted, I dunno, they used it to load the log into the trailer. Thing was tweaking in some cool ways. Has a materiel handler on it, but the thing is Ric A Teeee. Kept waiting for it too break, but.....they got it! Its fun too sit and watch them. 2 days for a 2 hour job!
Gotta go so the tax lady in a little bit. Please pray for me.
Gotta go so the tax lady in a little bit. Please pray for me.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Check this out. Guess they decided to keep the tree after they already cut the wedge. Looks like some kind of tar they used to seal the wound around the wedge.
Seen one of those monster portys today. Thing is huge.
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Seen one of those monster portys today. Thing is huge.
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2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Normally it wouldn't have bothered me, but I had a few in me at the time. Hey, someone has to keep it real. Otherwise, you'd all just ramble on incessantly like a bunch of dot fearing church marms. lol. Just saying
NYTREECLIMBER
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Just cut down a little Norway Maple and it was loaded with these little killers 
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
It was poor taste it won't happen again
That is totally unsafe. They need at least two half hitches on that rope to keep the tool boxes secured.
ducaticorse
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Nope.
First, you were cited over weight not because of your VIN# but because you were over what your truck was registered for/HOW MANY DOLLARS YOU PAID THE STATE $20 per 1000lb. IF you registered that truck at 54K like the VIN would read out as, you wouldn't have been overweight, and you would still be within the weight rating of the truck = no fine. In this case its all about paying the proper registration fees. When I am talking VIN# DOT uses that to establish if a CDL is needed or not. In this case it's all about the proper licensing. See the difference?
Class B is anything over 26001 and you can also pull a trailer up to 9999lb.
Class A is anything over 26001 and you can pull a trailer over 10000lb
And yes, you are right about the pick up.
You are off by 1 pound! 
There are 5 ways to get an overweight ticket.
There are 5 ways to get an overweight ticket.
- Exceed registration weight
- Exceed weight per axle
- Exceed weight per tire
- Exceed weight permitted for entire vehicle
- Exceed the "bridge law", which calculates how much weight you have in how long a vehicle. Contrary to what you might think, this rule has nothing to do with the posted weights permitted on a bridge.
mckeetree
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Yeah, it went into effect a good while ago but will not be universally enforced until...NOW. You were still good showing a medical card until today. Now, you don't even have to carry one in the truck. I asked a hiway patrolman today that works I20 about that. He said "You can carry anything you want in there I suppose but now we don't even want to see the card. It wouldn't do any good anyway. We check that straight off your license and aren't even allowed to ask for a card. All that has been filed with the state...or should have been."
mckeetree
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Well, downgraded to just a plain operator's license then.
Alright, time to get a real medical card then. The fake worked well.....
Ohio doesn't allow a lot of weight compared to other states. I drive a 6 axle dump truck while not doing tree work and it's only legal with 20/21 ton. Guys in PA and WV can carry that much in a tri-axle. Since we are paid on a percentage of what the truck makes, I'm always overloaded if I want to make any real money, usually hauling around 25 ton. It's crazy how alert you are to DOT when driving a dump truck. When doing tree work, I'm not worried one bit about being pulled over for anything really, such as overweight, "no truck" roads, insecure loads, etc. Lots of hacks in landscaping and tree work running around with non-commercial plates and such.
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