Re: Re: [MV] CDL's and MV's was: [MV] Further Transport issues with Ferret/Dingo

From: michael@tsixroads.com
Date: Sun Mar 17 2002 - 21:57:06 PST


I meant to send this to the list.
Sorry
Mike
>

> At 9:29 PM -0500 3/17/02, <michael@tsixroads.com> wrote:
> >It is my belief that DOT officers tend to pigeon hole you. Pulling
> >almost anything with a dually pickup makes you commercial. They
> >even made me buy a commercial tag for mine at the court house.
> >
> >A flat bed trailer is commercial
> >A travel trailer is recreational
> >A van trailer is commercial
> >A horse trailer is recreational
> >A cow trailer is commercial
> >
> >How do you prove you are not commercial?
> >Go to court. That does'nt sound like much fun to me.
>
> Well, then you make your self look as non commercial as possible. An
> MV doesn't sound terribly Commercial to me. One could argue that
> since the vehicle is registered to an individual and not a
> corporation that you'd have a good base to stand on. Further
> documentation showing where you were working would help. I work for
> CNN. Not much chance we have big trucks carrying around Armoured cars.
> --
> --
> Ryan Gill rmgill@mindspring.com
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