Everyone, there is some hope! I just spoke with Scott (head of the Winthrop Harbor yacht club). He sat down with the Winthrop Harbor Chief of Police and they had a heart to heart talk. They are going to work on how to return the fine that was issued to one of the Fun Run particapants. The yacht club and Winthrop Harbor really enjoyed our event and do not want to have a dark cloud associated with the length/weight limit issue on the road to the marina. They are working together to turn around this requirement and ease up or remove the requirement all together to make that a more friendly experience to go to the marina (for none commercial hauling).

They would like to meet with the head of the NIOC and Chicago Powerboat club to discuss this further and try to reach an understanding that will work out for everyone involved.

Sounds like great start to solving this one, thanks to Scott for getting this started!

Rick

good work Rick, thanks.

Good work Rick. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

7 years anything change?
Help with Illinois roadway tow limits - Winthrop Harbor Issue

Ive been trying to figure out what plate I need on my truck too... can`t really come up with an answer


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Problem is , most of the cops doing the traffic stops for this stuff really don't know the laws. However , they will write you, and let you fight it in court.

When my buddy got stopped in the town of Westmont IL towing his 34 scarab, it was a nightmare. They took him to the scales, wanted to impound the truck and boat for being overweight. After a several hour delay, and calling in the state police to come assist as they didn't know Wtf they were doing , they let him off easy with only 800 bucks worth of tickets and no impoundment .

^ That is just crazy!! $800 in tickets :eekdrop: Then you still have to go to court and fight it and loose a day's pay from work. That SUCKS!!

Sad part is he was happy to get off with that. Having only a TA trailer plate, and a "police memorial" plate on the truck, which according to them held no weight capacity, he was 16k lbs overweight. The TA trailer plate was only good for 3k lbs. Boat truck and trailer weighed 19k.

These cops are not playing around these days!

For the truck plate is it GVW of truck plus what your pulling? I actually don't have truck plates on my Excursion as it wasn't required to have them, just regular passenger vehicle plates. My trailer plate I run a TD which is rated for 8000-10,000lbs.

I called the Secretary Of State they told me at minimum I need a D plate for the truck. ( 1 ton) As far as if that plate covers the trailer, he didn`t know, checked with the supervisor, that person didn`t know either so they gave me some other commercial truck number to call.. lol