Re: [MV] Highway truck scales

From: Marc Strangfeld (curlyjoe98@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Nov 14 2004 - 18:45:18 PST


List

One thing I've done in the past is call the scalehouse
directly. Their phone numbers are listed in any
trucker's atlas. Every state is different so it pays
to check on it ahead of time. Ask for the person's
name and keep it written down.

Marc

--- Bjorn Brandstedt <super_deuce@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Excellent, excellent discussion!
> I have now been convinced that it would NOT be a
> good idea to deliver the
> logs for this cabin using the old deuce. It IS for a
> customer and it would
> take more than one trip.
> A commercial tractor trailer has been hired in the
> past and I'll guess it
> will have to be the way to go this time too, even if
> it is only about 100
> miles to the building site.
>
> "Local " deliveries within VA has worked well before
> with the deuce, but
> that's on country roads and within 50 miles of home.
>
> Living and working in the boonies can take one away
> from the real world,
> that's for darn sure.
>
> Thanks again for your help!
>
> Bjorn
> Meadows of Dan, Virginia
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Subject: Re: [MV] Highway truck scales
> >Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 19:00:45 -0600
> >
> >Bjorn didn't say he was selling the logs, did he?
> >
> >Sonny
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:38 PM
> >Subject: Re: [MV] Highway truck scales
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >--
> >Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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