From: Jim Newton (jnewton@laurel.com)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 22:03:45 PDT
Hi Bruce...
>Didn't someone say that if you set up the rear cargo canvass/troop seats, and
>put in a camper potty and a portable stove, that you could register it as a
>trailer home or some such, which is totally exempt from the road tax bit?
True.
The only specific exclusion in the CA vehicle code that allows one to
drive a vehicle with 3 axles of more than 9,000 lbs GVW (I believe
that is the cut-off) without a Class B license is a "housecar".
However, I have been unable to find any legal definition in the CA
vehicle code of exactly what constitutes a housecar. And that was
using a keyword search on the vehicle code document itself!
This "housecar" exclusion was lobbied for supposedly by General
Motors' GMC division when they were marketing that 3-axle motorhome
they made in the 70s...the vehicles were over 9,000 lbs and were not
selling in CA (and a few other states) because a Class B was required,
so they pushed hard for this exclusion with the CA legislators of the
day and got it put into law.
Good luck!
--Jim "Ike" Newton
o 1984 M1007 CUCV Military Suburban 6.2 Liter Turbo-Diesel Engine 5/4 Ton Cargo Capacity, 4WD
o 1971 M35A2 Military Troop/Cargo Truck "Deuce and a Half" 478 Cubic Inch Turbo-Diesel Multi-Fuel Engine Air Shift Front Axle 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Capacity, 6WD
See them at: http://www.CUCV.net
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