Greetings,
We have a 3500 GMC one-ton single rear axle with a metal dump box at work. The truck GVWR is 11,100lbs. This is mainly a shop run around truck but do on a rare occasion pull a trailer or travel out of the state of CT pulling a trailer to pick up or drop off equipment or supplies that we have purchased or rented. We are not a commercial hauler or purchaser. The truck was driven 4k miles last year. My boss went to pick up a large diesel rented water pump on a trailer recently and was pulled over and cited for a list of items. The trailer GVWR is 5200lbs
What exactly do I / We need to be in compliance when operating said truck or pulling a trailer. I have done some research on my own with the CT DOT website. Just trying to make sure we are not missing anything.
- Does this truck need to go into weigh stations? Does it need to go into a weigh station when pulling a trailer?
- Do we need a "medical card" to operate said truck. My research said no but we have a citation for this.
- Do we need to have a USDOT number on the truck? If so where, how big etc.
- Do we need a carrier name on the truck?
- UCR fee? We have a failure to pay ticket. What is this?
- Do we need an annual inspection to operate this truck? We had this written twice. I'm assuming the second one is the trailer. Are we obligated to pay a fine for an item which the rental company did not perform?
- Do we need a fire extinguisher in the truck? Where? Citation also states "NO F/E" what is this?
- Citation for "Insufficient warning devices" Not sure even what this is? The truck is a 2023
Are there any other things that we may need that are not listed above?
Also, If we have a lawn mower on a 7x14' single axle trailer is there a minimum of how many tie downs it needs or what weight capacity the tie downs have to be?
Does there have to be specific tie down points that have weighted rate capacity on the trailer?
Would we have to have our 7x14' single axle cargo trailer inspected yearly?
My questions are just to make sure we are in compliance.
Thanks for any assistance.
Sean