From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Wed Jun 09 2004 - 22:07:10 PDT
I have talked with a vendor at the Kruse Auction in Indiana several times
who drives rig that I have to describe.
Kenworth tractor - dual tandem - air ride - 5th wheel removed - van box
installed along with some windows, toilet, sink, bed, etc. Also installed
a really heavy pintle hitch - much heavier than a 5 ton mil vehicle.
Trailer - dual tandem axle - tag - pintle ring hitch trailer - bed about 30
feet long, probably an old equipment hauler - roughly 20 ton rating - with
a 28 foot van body welded on to the equipment trailer's deck.
This guy sews car tie down straps in the 28 foot van body - he has large
windows cut into it to display his wares. He drags this rig all over the
country to car shows.
The rig is registered as a RV in Illinois I believe. He said they told him
it had to have a toilet, a shower, and a pressurized water system to pass
as an RV. So he installed a setup in the tractors van body and presto - he
has a RV that he uses to haul his goods that he sells commercially. I
think he told me that just the trailer was 35,000 lbs.
Dave
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On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 21:04:36 +0000, D O <dohe69@hotmail.com> wrote:
> When I researched this topic awhile back, I found similar statements. To
> the letter, I would say that one could drive an 80k lb loaded tractor
> trailer with air brakes, if only used to haul personal belongings.
> However, I doubt that most LEO's, especially state police, would agree
> with me if pulled over. Then, as someone said in an earlier post, can
> you afford to fight it in court?
>
>
>
>> From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Subject: Re: [MV] 2.5 versuses 5 ton trucks - CDLs
>> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 13:30:26 -0400
>>
>> At 1:08 PM -0400 6/9/04, Neil E. Amrhein wrote:
>>> > "...I've been told by the DMV....."
>>>
>>> Well, that was you first mistake... ;-)
>>>
>>> Personally, I try not to believe anything they tell me. I ask them to
>>> show it to me in printed form. Here is the FMCSA's definition of a
>>> "Commercial" vehicle:
>>>
>>> "Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) means a motor vehicle or combination
>>> of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property
>>> if the motor vehicle --
>>>
>>> (a) Has a gross combination weight rating of 11,794 kilograms or more
>>> (26,001
>>> pounds or more) inclusive of a towed unit(s) with a gross vehicle
>>> weight rating
>>> of more than 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds); or
>>>
>>> (b) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 11,794 or more kilograms
>>> (26,001
>>> pounds or more); or
>>>
>>> (c) Is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the
>>> driver; or
>>>
>>> (d) Is of any size and is used in the transportation of hazardous
>>> materials as
>>> defined in this section. "
>>>
>>> The key to that is the part in the first section which says: "...used
>>> in commerce...". You are not using the vehicle for commerce, so
>>> therefore, it is not commercial.
>>
>> States may use a different definition.
>>
>>
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