From: Steve Randall (srandall64@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 27 2004 - 18:23:24 PST
Thanks Ron,
Thats what I needed to know..I don't want to be stuck on
the "3 days only" deal and they won't let me go passenger because if it's
over 10,000 GVW so it has to go as "Commercial"...So between $15./per
thousand GVW, and about a $1000. for basic insurance on a commercial plate,
$50. for title, and $10. for sales tax, thats about $1,360 per year to drive
it!!! "I'm moving to PA"....lol
>From: "Ron" <rojoha@comcast.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>,"Steve Randall"
><srandall64@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Question on Registering in Mass.
>Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:18:05 -0500
>
>You can register them several different ways in the Gay....errr, Bay state,
>with several caveats....
>
> A) To be registered as an ANTIQUE, it must be 25 years old or older. I
>carry an RMV application affidavit for Antique plates with me when driving
>my 1968 M35A2 (registered as a 13 passenger antique pick up, classified by
>the registry folks themselves, not me). The application states you can only
>drive it on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, legal holidays, and to club
>meetings and purposes of public education and maintenance. It also very
>clearly states that it is NOT to be used PRIMARILY for the transportation
>of
>goods or people. My lawyer says that is a legal weasel wording, since the
>word PRIMARILY does not mean it CAN NOT be used for hauling lumber for you
>own personal project, or loading the neighborhood troops in back for a spin
>around the block. Lots of Commonwealth constabulary (especially a selective
>enforcement/traffic nazi in Woburn) interpret it to mean week ends and
>holidays only with nothing in the truck bed, including your tent for the
>rally, parts you are hauling to the flea market, or even a cooler.
> My lawyer says it's a no brainer if you go to court with a lawyer to
>fight a citation given to you as long as you aren't hauling for dollars,
>regardless of day or what you are hauling. Defending yourself in these
>instances is silly, since you are too close to the problem and losing it in
>front of the judge is poor form. I've had two stops where I have politely
>taken out the application form and shown the officer the PRIMARILY wording
>and asked him what that means. They both backed off at that point, after
>checking for fire extinguisher, chocks and hazard triangles. Cost last year
>was $35.00 for fees and plates for one year.
>
> B) My 1985 M1010 is registered as a 4 door, 9 passenger SUV, since it
>is
>not 25 years old. Passenger plates are (were?) multi year, slightly cheaper
>than commercial plates. With Romney as Governor claiming the new higher
>fees
>are not a tax increase, who knows where this will end up....
>
> C) Commercial plates let you drive your vehicle anytime you want, and
>are required if you have dual wheels and it does not qualify as an antique
>or RV (Camper). Gets pricey very fast based on $X per thousand pounds of
>vehicle weight, but you can drive it when you want.
>
> D) If you have a toilet, AC/DC power distribution and a water system
>in
>your truck, you could register it as an RV. So add a porta potty to your
>M109 shop van, and you could go that way, driving it whenever and wherever
>you want, as long as it doesn't exceed the bridge weight limit.
>
> E) Trailers are based on a flat rate up to 3k pounds weight, then $X
>dollars per so many pounds over 3k, good for one year and are not eligible
>for antique plates.
>
> I am headed over the border to New Hampshire where they are much more
>reasonable about these types of things, both in regs and fees.....
>
>
> Hope this helps.....
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Randall" <srandall64@hotmail.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: 26 February, 2004 22:00
>Subject: [MV] Question on Registering in Mass.
>
>
> > Does anyone know, what the policy in Ma. is on Military vehicles?
>
>
Steve Randall
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