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I took my Toyota Certificate of Origin to my county tax assessor/collector today to get my new license plates and pay my sales tax on the vehicle. The C of O shows a shipping weight of 5,645lb and a GVWR 7,200, the difference being 1,555 lbs. The tax office dingbat's computer kept telling her it had to be a 3/4 ton. She went to the back office for a long time where apparently they were calling the Texas DOT for clarification. DOT told her Toyota doesn't make any new 3/4 tons. Well, you know how a dingbat can get hung up on a computer input screen. We even called my dealer and the sales manager told her it was a half-ton but a high-capacity one. I know that technically a 1/2 ton equals 1,000 lbs and 3/4 tons equals 1,500 lbs but she must be doing something wrong here. She juggled some numbers around and gave me my plates declaring that since I was getting farm plates my future annual registration fees wouldn't be affected. What about the next guy? So in the end I don't know if my title will list the truck with a 3/4 ton rating or a 1/2 ton rating. I'll have to wait and see when it comes in the mail.
Any other new Tundra owners run into something like this?
Any other new Tundra owners run into something like this?