Yep, not good.
Having a CDL I am a bit more particular about how my securement "looks", I like orange or yellow straps a lot
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Bummer that happened
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If your buddies fish for profit at all, that would include tournaments, then they are a commercial carrier and need numbers on there vehicles over 10k and to have commercial licenses over 26k, if not they still must carry the non commercial licensing for the class they are operating in.
Depending on who you're talking to you can get all sorts of answers, it's much like the guy sharpening chains at the hardware store, he's a professional chain sharpener since he's getting paid to do the sharpening, but that doesn't mean he is an expert or really knows much about what he's doing. Similarly most every cop I know has their pet tickets to write, and they even have the numbers memorized. I've had issues that they could have written me up for many times and they've even stated such, then they say they don't know for sure how to write it up. That's why most normal cops(non commercial) won't even pull a semi over for anything except speeding, they are not trained to even look at a logbook, or a computer now days
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Here's a nice write up for your area, same here and for the most part all across the country with the major exceptions being axle and bridge weight laws.
Some areas of the country also require drivers to have extra licensing to haul specific loads such as steel coils.
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/programs/horses/FS-964 HorseTransportationRegulations.pdf?TB_iframe=true
I drove for 20yrs, I couldn't tell you much about what is in that book, but it rode around in my bag for all those yrs because that's the law
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