From: Steve & Jeannie Keith (cckw@comcast.net)
Date: Sun Nov 14 2004 - 14:13:01 PST
RE tolls and paying:
most/all states have stiff fines for failing to pay the tolls at the booths.
In NH it is $150+......
Having said that, I went to an airshow with my CCKW and had to pay
a toll. While at the show, I bought a signed book by Paul Tibbets. I had
just enough $ to pay for it, but had brought my coffee, snacks and had
the credit card for gas. As I approached the toll booth, I realised that I
didn't have enough $ to pay the toll for a 3 axle truck! As I pulled up to
the toll taker, dressed in WW2 garb, I asked; "we all set?" and she
answered "yes" so I drove off. BTW, my plates are mounted to the axle
housings.
Now the rest of the story: My mother in laws husband use to make training
films in WW2 for pilots including B-29 pilots. I suggested that she and my
wife
come to the show Sunday with the 42 GPW which they did. She got to talk
to Tibbets and enjoyed herself along with my wife. On the way home, having
more $$, I pulled up to the toll booth in the CCKW, again dressed in WW2
garb and handed out 3 one dollar bills to the toll taker.
IT WAS THE SAME WOMAN!!!!!!
She said nothing and neither did I......
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: <Recovry4x4@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Highway truck scales
> Sonny, while I concur with your thoughts on this matter I have to say
this.
> If you don't resemble the part, don't even loosly imitate the part. If you
have
> hair down to your waste and insist on wearing tye dye shirts you will most
> certainly draw attention to yourself. My contention is if you loosly
resemble
> the part and just happen to be wearing a green or brown tee shirt than you
> probably won't be noticed when you're cruising around. Now even if you
look the
> part and have 3 harleys on the back of the truck then you won't get by
incognito.
> I can tell you that when I'm out on the road with the license plates in
the
> cab, I wear a green or brown tee shirt. When I jump out it becomes
painfully
> obvious that I'm not trying to imitate any soldiers as I have my church
shoes
> (holy) and worn out jeans on. No hard set rules here. Do what you think
you can
> get away with but be prepared to pay if you push the envelope too far.
> Kenny
>
> In a message dated 11/14/04 3:01:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> sonny@defuniak.com writes:
>
> > I do believe that, if you care to check it, weigh stations are for
> > commercial vehicles ONLY. Thats why I said what I did. I thought I
said,
> > or at least I meant to say that "if it were me". We start this crap of
> > going in to weigh stations with our military trucks and pretty soon
some
> > jerk will get it written in to a law that we MUST stop and then the
next
> > thing will be a log book requirement and then next will be the fifteen
> > hundred dollar tag and then the fifteen hundred dollar liability
insurance
> > bill, so stop if you want to but I'am of the opinion that its asking
for
> > trouble.
> >
>
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