I know there are some here that haul commercially and are likely familiar with weigh stations. My understanding of them is that they are meant for commercial drivers hauling for commerce or other commercial reasons, and that if you're running personal, you don't need to go through them. I made multiple trips back when I had my 45' 5th wheel, never went through them or had any issues, and about two months ago made a trip from NY to MO with a U-Haul 26' straight truck and a 6x12 trailer loaded up with the first round of my families belongings as they're moving to MO, and didn't have any issues.
I'm going to be making another trip with another 26' truck, but this time, it's not going to be U-Haul because they couldn't get a 26' truck and the U-Haul was quite a bit more expensive than this one (and this one is a BRAND NEW International Diesel with 1500 miles on it - the U-Haul we had had a 8.1L Gas that coudln't get out of its own way).
As far as I know, Budget, Ryder and Enterprise all rent to both people moving, such as this, and to commercial drivers, such as if their truck is out of commission, whereas U-Haul is 'intended' for personal rentals only, so it's less 'clear cut' that we are not running commercially.
So do I have to go through weigh stations? Should I? If I didn't and they come after me, will they cite me, or when it's determined that I'm not running commercial we're sent on our way? If I go through any stations that are open (The two along the route I passed on I-70 in Indiana and Illinois were both closed last Sunday - I don't know about any along I-80 from NY to I-76/I-71 in Ohio), is there any reason they shouldn't follow me through (My mother and sister will be following me in my sisters van) so that we don't get split up and they don't have to pull over on the side of the interstate or creep along like slugs while I try to catch up? Really, as long as the truck isn't overweight (26,000 GVW), going through weigh stations should be a non-issue.
Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll all be closed, being as we'll be traveling on Sunday.
I'm going to be making another trip with another 26' truck, but this time, it's not going to be U-Haul because they couldn't get a 26' truck and the U-Haul was quite a bit more expensive than this one (and this one is a BRAND NEW International Diesel with 1500 miles on it - the U-Haul we had had a 8.1L Gas that coudln't get out of its own way).
As far as I know, Budget, Ryder and Enterprise all rent to both people moving, such as this, and to commercial drivers, such as if their truck is out of commission, whereas U-Haul is 'intended' for personal rentals only, so it's less 'clear cut' that we are not running commercially.
So do I have to go through weigh stations? Should I? If I didn't and they come after me, will they cite me, or when it's determined that I'm not running commercial we're sent on our way? If I go through any stations that are open (The two along the route I passed on I-70 in Indiana and Illinois were both closed last Sunday - I don't know about any along I-80 from NY to I-76/I-71 in Ohio), is there any reason they shouldn't follow me through (My mother and sister will be following me in my sisters van) so that we don't get split up and they don't have to pull over on the side of the interstate or creep along like slugs while I try to catch up? Really, as long as the truck isn't overweight (26,000 GVW), going through weigh stations should be a non-issue.
Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll all be closed, being as we'll be traveling on Sunday.
