After I put the 1400 lb. counterweight on the National, my first trip through the local Port of Entry on I-15 went smoothly. No red light, no dreaded message on the digital board they have "park, bring papers inside." So I of course figured I was good to go. Then on about the 12 th. time through, maybe 4 months later, I get the "c'mon in" sign. Turns out my rear axle is over, just enough......so now they have me paying 16 cents a mile plus $256.00 annually.
My question is, what about all the driving I do on city streets? Shouldn't that be exempt? I am about to make my first quarterly payment, and went back through my invoices to figure up my highway miles, state and federal highway miles that is, or would it be just state? This is the state of Idaho I'm dealing with, apparently they have authority of the interstate, but city streets? That .16 per mile adds up. I guess I'm not sure what differentiates between them, paying ALL my mileage would be easiest of course, at about $800.00 a year PLUS the annual $256.00 charge.
I am going over the scales tomorrow......and this time I will be reading the numbers closely, the other times I wasn't paying attention and/or there were semis in front blocking my view of the display. This time, since I have quit carrying a 350 lb spreader bar I rarely used, (it was fixed, I use my 8' to 14' telescoper mostly) and I plan to, once I get it out of my 40' long garage, run the boom out as far as I can reasonably get away with without looking too goofy, (probably about 4' or 5', normally it's sucked in tight and still barely fits in my garage) in the hope it will take enough weight off that rear axle to keep me legal. No different then the truckers I see with the cheater axles they raise up once past the port.
My question is, what about all the driving I do on city streets? Shouldn't that be exempt? I am about to make my first quarterly payment, and went back through my invoices to figure up my highway miles, state and federal highway miles that is, or would it be just state? This is the state of Idaho I'm dealing with, apparently they have authority of the interstate, but city streets? That .16 per mile adds up. I guess I'm not sure what differentiates between them, paying ALL my mileage would be easiest of course, at about $800.00 a year PLUS the annual $256.00 charge.
I am going over the scales tomorrow......and this time I will be reading the numbers closely, the other times I wasn't paying attention and/or there were semis in front blocking my view of the display. This time, since I have quit carrying a 350 lb spreader bar I rarely used, (it was fixed, I use my 8' to 14' telescoper mostly) and I plan to, once I get it out of my 40' long garage, run the boom out as far as I can reasonably get away with without looking too goofy, (probably about 4' or 5', normally it's sucked in tight and still barely fits in my garage) in the hope it will take enough weight off that rear axle to keep me legal. No different then the truckers I see with the cheater axles they raise up once past the port.