Re: [MV] Licensing big rigs without a second mortgage

From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Sun Jun 20 2004 - 12:34:59 PDT


Indiana.

Dave

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 07:46:11 -0500, Ida Heath <spike@defuniak.com> wrote:

> Half price???? Sounds like another insurance gouge job to me. Mine
> went
> from fifteen ($1500.00) hundred dollars a year down to $182.00 for
> liability.
>
> Dave, you still didn't say what state that tractor with an RV plate is
> registered in.
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Cole <DavidCole@tk7.net>
> To: Ida Heath <spike@defuniak.com>; Military Vehicles Mailing List
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Licensing big rigs without a second mortgage
>
>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>> 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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Dave


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