Some interesting info

[hemi43]

Not sure what it's like where you live, but here in Ontario Canada, we are bordering to be a police state. Lots of people are getting pulled over and ticketed for real minor things, because this is revenue for our Government.
One thing they really clamp down on is weight of vehicles and trailers both actual or registered weight.
Take our Blazers for example; My 1970 has a GVWR of 5000 LBS. This means that fully loaded including cargo, passengers and tongue weight (if towing) ,the truck cannot weigh more than 5000Lbs . For $hits and giggles I took my truck to get weighed today. I emptied everything out of it and made sure the fuel tank was full. Also, I had no top on it, not even my Softopper. The truck weighs 4780 Lbs. I'm 240 Lbs, which means I am over the weight limit by 20 LBS when driving it alone. I believe in 1971, the GVWR is listed at 5500LBS, but that is still way too low IMO. It's impossible to follow the laws sometimes.