zero Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I just discovered one big disadvantage to using our Toyota Minicruiser - instead of my truck and slide-on camper. We're going to Sugar Island to camp and look at some wetlands for sale in the area of Sault Sainte Marie (border of the upper peninsula of Michigan and Canada). Just to cross the Mac Bridge - my full size diesel truck with a big camper on it only cost $4. To cross with my little Toyota RV - it's $10. To take the ferry to Sugar Island, my truck and camper is only $11 (maybe $6 with my senior citizen discount). My Toyota costs $22. So tolls for the round trip are $30 total for the truck and camper, and $64 for my Toyota. I've vote for special pricing for micro-mini-motorhomes and not treat them the same as huge Class As. I've wondering now if I could take my 1978 Chinook and argue that it's just a pickup truck with a camper on it? That's what Toyota claimed when they first came out with the Chinook but the US Federal Government did not agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linda s Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Very weird pricing. Looking at the bridge fee schedule, it gets weirder. You can tow a huge trailer with your truck and still pay only the truck fee but if you tow a car with a motorhome you have to pay for both the car and the motorhome. Here in California the pricing is by axle only. I have 2 axles so I pay the same as any car. 5 bucks Linda S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Very weird pricing. Looking at the bridge fee schedule, it gets weirder. Yes. Maybe because the Mac Bridge was built and financed by New Yorkers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WME Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Ive been dinged on some Toll Ways, because I have duallys, on other states I skate because I have only 2 axles. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineah Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Tires, they charge for the dual wheels same thing here in Maine on the highway. Crazy, my friends big Ford has single wheels and weights 8,300# pays less than a 6000# Toyota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back East Don Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Here in New England the dual wheels raises the toll fee I have to pay both in Mass and Maine. (I imagine elsewhere as well) In some ways it makes sense in the aggregate. Most vehicles with more tires weigh more and that is probably the logic behind it. It would be impractical to weigh vehicles as they pass for instance though would be nice to know as I zip through the fast pass lane if I'm running heavy. It is a revenue model and practicality wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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