From: Ida Heath (spike@defuniak.com)
Date: Fri Jun 18 2004 - 11:02:36 PDT
Dave,
What state is this rig registered in? He would not have been able to
register it as an RV in Florida. To register it in Florida the fifth wheel
cannot be there and the prime mover must have one of three things
permanently attached as far as I understand the statue. It must have either
a hookup for 110 volt alternating current, a hookup for water or a hookup
for liquid petroleum. Either one of the three will get you an RV tag. It
don't make a lot of sense to me but thats what they have on the books.
Thanks for the photo. He just has a tractor, plain and simple, the way it
looks to me. I'm surprised that the DOT don't stay on his case.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: David Cole <DavidCole@tk7.net>
To: Ida Heath <spike@defuniak.com>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Licensing big rigs without a second mortgage
> I know what you are thinking Sonny... this might be painful from what you
> have described. But yes, this was a standard Navistar truck, probably 10
> years old?? - no visible exterior mods, with RV plates pulling a moving
van
> type trailer with mods. I can't believe this guy got those plates -
> however I did see a similar rig for sale north of me about 3 years ago,
> except that they guy had converted the entire trailer. One big RV, yet
the
> tractor looked untouched. The tractor does have not for hire on the side
> of it.
>
> Picture attached.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:19:42 -0500, Ida Heath <spike@defuniak.com> wrote:
>
> > Dave,
> >
> > Are you saying he left the truck as it was with the original fifth
wheel?
> > Did he build any living quarters behind the sleeper? Can you post a
> > picture
> > for us to view?
> >
> > I built one but I stretched my frame ten foot and mounted an aluminum
van
> > body fourteen feet long as living quarters and then I have about a seven
> > foot deck on the back, everything wrapped in bright aluminum. My state
> > told
> > me to go ahead and do it and then they tried to renig on me after I put
> > $38000.00 and a year of working day and night in it and said I would
have
> > to
> > register it as a truck, I said "Yeah Right" and threatened to sue them
> > before they relented.
> >
> > I'll take a picture and post it.
> >
> > Sonny
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David Cole <DavidCole@tk7.net>
> > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 7:36 AM
> > Subject: [MV] Licensing big rigs without a second mortgage
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> I just found another guy that has a Freightliner tractor with sleeper
> >> and
> > a
> >> moving van semi trailer licensed as an RV. This thing is complete with
> > 5th
> >> wheel hitch and both rear axles are in place on the tractor. I even
> >> took
> > a
> >> picture of it with the RV plates!
> >>
> >> The rig is located in Marion, Indiana and is owned by a drag racer. He
> >> uses the long and spacious van trailer to hold the top fuel type
> >> dragster
> >> in the back. He built living quarters in the front of the van trailer.
> > At
> >> first I didn't think anything of the rig, but then I noticed side
> >> windows
> >> in the front of the trailer and a large propane tank hanging off the
> >> front
> >> of the trailer. It also looks like he somehow attached a refer unit to
> > the
> >> front for a big airconditioner, or else he has a generator stuck in the
> >> front, I'm not sure.
> >>
> >> I'm going to try and stop by and talk to him again. The actual owner
of
> >> the rig was not there, but I talked to one of the mechanics about the
> >> rig.
> >> Apparently licensing was a hassle (big surprise?) but he got it done.
I
> >> know some other people on this list have done similar rigs, but I
always
> >> thought you had to put a bigger body on the tractor and get rid of the
> >> 5th
> >> wheel. Apparently that is not set in stone either!
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
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>
>
> --
> Dave
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