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Re: got stupid and trusted somebody- trailer


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Posted by jokers on March 06, 2011 at 11:26:10 from (67.249.143.47):

In Reply to: Re: got stupid and trusted somebody- trailer posted by ericlb on March 06, 2011 at 04:43:24:

Hi Eric, sorry that you are getting this experience.

I'm not saying that the DOT will necessarily pick on you or anyone else, I'm saying that if there is a mishap and there is a lawsuit, every aspect of DOT regs/law will be scrutinized to be used against you, another reason not to use a home made trailer to haul anything with any weight to it but atleast if you have a state inspection prior to being granted a serial number, as is the case here for trailers weighing in excess of 1000# empty or 3500# gross you share some of the liability with the state inspector, but if you overload your trailer, you're still open to a lot of liability. Seen it in the news quite a few times and recall a couple of times where the guy towing the trailer was cited for criminal negligence.

One time infact it was a professionally built and registered low boy being towed by a a 10 wheeled dump truck that in a bizzare accident came unhooked while in transit, and believe it or not killed the guy's brother traveling in the opposite direction at a railroad crossing. Unfortunately for the guy towing the lowboy he had somehow modified the pintle hitch arrangement and that was all it took for him to face civl and criminal law suits, which he very publicly lost. It was in the news here for probably about a year.


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