I've had so much other garbage going on I've forgotten some of the details of that garbage but yes, GVWR of 10,001 was the ultimate factor. We were doing service work back and forth, just across state lines. I can't remember the exact difference between the Fl and Fed statutes but in the end I was able to validate what I was told. I was coming back into Fl a little while behind my guys, during the explanation as to why he could even stop us I told him I'm working and my truck, just as the other Fords that fill the roadways is in excess of 10,001. He told me anything involved with the furtherance of a commercial operation is commerce and crossing state lines is what got me the usdot citation. My truck isn't a work truck and it's in my name, not the company so I went to speak with chief. Mixed in the definition of cmv is 10,001 seperate or combined with trailer is a cmv, even if it's a private vehicle hauling horses or scrap and even within Florida. To be sure I was understanding I asked he confirm that trucks like mine or truck and trailer that eqauls 10,001 can be considered commercial. If so why isn't it enforced within the state and why isn't there grid lock at every weigh station with toy haulers, framers, or for that matter why isn't commuting to work or buying a hamburger interstate commerce. That aside, the FLDOT chief said it should be changed as it dates from a period when nobody envisioned you would ever drive the trucks we have today for anything other than commercial purpose. He said they understand this and only enforce when it's obvious you're commercial. I mentioned this on my appeal, selective enforcement and when I asked why we're not getting pulled over on Fl highways he said "for what" Well my arguement was the BS law that "technically" should require FLDOT number for a lot of us is impractical and in my case as well as my employees, I couldn't understand how lettering, and state border is the difference. He didn't ask my drivers what they were doing, I told him I was working and during the time I was there you could see many violations that's obvious when you see a truck packed with lumber and ladders on a trailer. I thought about putting the number along with some abbreviated expletives on my truck but I was required to really get the number so I'm sure that would have also cost me. I still break the law because that number wont look very good on my truck. They're stepping it up against people with the big horse trailers or anything that I guess looks like a big truck or trailer combo that meets 10,001, I spoke with a guy that said they impounded his scrap trailer well within FL borders and one time when he was coming home from a horse show, they pulled him over for passing the weigh station and turned him around due to some sort of animal certificate required for transporting across state lines that he had never heard of. Of course that would have required a vet at 2:00am so he took an alternate route. The toll was on Fl turnpike, Tevers or what ever hole it's Lake County. I know now but it took me a couple trips to realize that staying on the actual interstate is transponder pay, and what appeared to be an exit was where you pay the toll with cash. I can't imagine how many tolls there are but it seems endless and some cross the highway, some are on the side and some you pay when you exit the interstate or get back on. Trailer tag had old address so the first I heard was when the state mailed me the D6 suspending my license, I got the tix mailed and misread them to read an increase to $25, my check was returned because the increase was $180. I paid it two days before deadline but due to a "system lag" the wheels kept turning and I ended up with susp license and citation for driving while susp, 3 pnts, cancelled insur and probably another $180 in phone bills accomplishing nothing other than Lake saying they didn't do it, state says they have no record of the suspension and my county simply says at that time this is what the system must have indicated. Something happend but I have a susp lic ticket and no record of how it happened or that it ever happend. If this happens to you an agent at the state told me you can request a supplemental report from whatever county your problem is in and they can remove it. My prob occured at home with the lic tix. I have no idea what it is or what could be on it as everyone says they know nothing but the state agent said get it and fax it direct to him and he'll fix it. Of course I can't get it, they direct me back to the other parties and tell me about a guy in a similar thing that left the court house after paying everything and getting the clearance paperwork only to be pulled over right in front of the dmv 10 mins later and ticketed. Until he paid the $47.50 to reinstate from the bogus ticket he still didn't have a lic. If only code enforcement was this diligent and would apply the code we could maybe afford this and the rest of the headaches each day of work brings.
(was over weight by like 105 lbs) Made him remove the condenser out of the truck to inspect.. He found a unsecured actylene bottle ,a unsecured Oxyen bottle and a inproperly attached latter and hand truck. Wrote two citations for $500.00 each, had us there for two hours,them had the straight face to tell us to have a nice day,WTF 
