From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Fri Jun 18 2004 - 20:39:19 PDT
I've been digging into this enough to know that the RV plates are the key.
If you tell an insurance company that your Peterbilt and the 53 foot air
ride trailer you have is a legitimate RV per the BMV, then they really
won't care. That is a whole different category than commercial trucker.
You will probably fall in the same category as other heavy RVs such as
converted GMC highway buses, etc.
Going from a commerical category to a non-commercial category for insurance
is a big deal. Like half price.
Dave
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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:39:13 -0500, Ida Heath <spike@defuniak.com> wrote:
> Hmmmm, very interesting, thats one I haven't heard of. I wish you could
> give us more info on it for our personal knowledge and to pass on to
> others.
> I don't guess I need it but I know people who may.
>
> A man that I know has a Ford Diesel three quarter or maybe a one ton
> duelly
> and he went to Arizona and bought himself a 48 foot three axle trailer
> that
> goes up over the roof of the truck and he was cruising back to Florida
> with
> three or four old cars on it and Texas pulled him over and cleaned his
> clock. They told him he was breaking about fifteen laws, ROFLMAO
>
> He told me he was going to go get his CDL and get the right tag to carry
> all
> the weight, change the data plates on his trailer axles and on and on and
> on. I told him he is nuts and is only asking for more problems, weigh
> stations, etc, etc. I advised him to get his truck qualified as an RV
> and
> do his thing. Here in florida if he has a sleeper behind the cab he can
> put
> a PVC plastic water hook up and get an RV tag but he wasn't going to chop
> his truck up so I said "do whatever you want my friend" Thats been about
> a
> fortnight so I need to call him and ask what he decided to do.
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Shannon <fordpart@bellsouth.net>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Licensing big rigs without a second mortgage
>
>
>> I was told by the state of Tennessee although I can't find the law to
>> prove it right now that here you can buy a J11 tag which is 80,000
>> pounds and drive anywhere you want to in the US. This used to be known
>> as a farm tag but you can now haul anything that you are not getting
>> paid to haul and you are not going to sell when you get there. If you go
>> over 5000 miles in a year you have to pay a highway use tax though. I am
>> sure other states have this also.
>>
>>
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-- Dave
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