Re: [MV] Highway truck scales

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Nov 14 2004 - 15:38:39 PST


At 1:22 PM -0500 11/14/04, Bruce Kalin wrote:
>Very interesting concept that you have taken,
>Sonny. Although I haven't driven commercial
>vehicles for a living for many years, I still
>maintain my endorsements of bus, double and
>triple trailers, motor cycle, and haz mat. My
>brother still owns a fleet of tractor trailers,
>and I do like to keep up on the regulations.
>
>As I see it, (and I did discuss this with my
>brother for confirmation)unless the sign for the
>scale says, "All Commercial Vehicles Must Stop
>at Scales," rather than, "All Trucks Must Stop
>at Scales," then you could still be

Which is why I'm doing what I can to get Georgia
Law changed to categorize my truck as a
"recreational vehicle" under the rules.

Ifta/IRP regs would class them as such as long as
they're use for fun. Bjorn however is using them
for income and his snare lies in the area of how
he declares his income. If he reports it as
business income, then he's subject to the FMCSA
Regs.

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