From: Bruce Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 20:18:12 PDT
Didn't someone say that if you set up the rear cargo canvass/troop seats, and
put in a camper potty and a portable stove, that you could register it as a
trailer home or some such, which is totally exempt from the road tax bit?
Bruce MVPA 23824
Jim Newton wrote:
> Hi Paul...
>
> >It depends on how my re-fi appraisal goes <g>
> >If it goes well, I intend to get a good, solid Deuce. Tho I understand
> >shipping runs 2 Grand from coast to coast (!!!)
>
> I paid that much from TX to CA. Get firm quotes.
>
> >I hadn't thought about road taxes: In Ca are they based on the amount
> >of driving you do, the type of things you haul, or is it a flat tax?
> >Would you have a general idea what that runs a year, in addition to
> >registration?
>
> DMV said it would be about $1,000 per year, and I believe it was based
> on the GVWR (23,000 lbs for a deuce).
>
> >I was fairly shocked to see the last 20 years DMV paperwork on the fire
> >truck: it IS an historic vehicle... the yearly reg was $27 the last
> >time it was registered.. about two years ago.
>
> That's what mine costs too...something like $24.00 a year.
>
> --
>
> Jim "Ike" Newton
>
> o 1984 M1007 CUCV Military Suburban
> 6.2 Liter Turbo-Diesel Engine
> 5/4 Ton Cargo Capacity, 4WD
>
> o 1971 M35A2 Military Troop/Cargo Truck "Deuce and a Half"
> 478 Cubic Inch Turbo-Diesel Multi-Fuel Engine
> Air Shift Front Axle
> 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Capacity, 6WD
>
> See them at: http://www.CUCV.net
>
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