DMV Crackdown

[Lou SG2340]

Originally Posted by Philip Saran

Too bad this situation does not effect the NASCAR guys, then
you would really hear some screaming and the DMV and the
chamber of commerce people bending over backwards to help
solve this problem.

But I would guess most or all of their rigs are the normal over
the road big rigs, not Motorhomes/toterhomes with tag trailers.

Don't know about NASCAR, but I know John Force Racing use his Motor Home to tow a small stacker. I'm sure other pros do the same. Of course they have a sponser to pay the fine. Div 1 tows a tag that would be over 60 ft. I don't know about Div 2.You also have NHRA trailers towed to Nats. Credential, Tech Safety Safari etc
Lou

[THE LEGEND]

It does affect a lot of nascar teams. They have show cars-testing cars- Some of the smaller Arca and truck teams don't have 18 wheelers either. Not to mention all the Saturday night late model teams,Legend Cars, and Lucas Oil Dirt cars many owned by some of the big guns such as Stewart and Earnhardt.

In a e-mail from Steve yesterday any RV with a trailer behind is illegal.

Go to brackettalk.com interesting reading there about the same thing.
Chip

[Chris1529]

Lets just assume for one minute that we have to get a commercial drivers license to operate our trucks or motorhomes towing a trailer.

I live in West Virginia, and to get a CDL, one has to take a written test and also a road exam. I assume other states do this in much the same manner.

Say I pass the written exam and then schedule my road exam. When I show up in my 2500 Dodge Ram, they will ask me " what vehicle am I going to take the test in?" When I tell them my Dodge, they will all get a good laugh because it is not a commercial vehicle. It doesn't matter if it is a 250, 350, dually, etc. It is still not a commercial vehicle-no matter whether it has a trailer hooked to it or not. They will tell you to come back with a Kenworth, or a large Dump Truck, or somthing along those lines.

[Rex Thonen]

We have the same problem in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and South Dakota. They don't like motor homes pulling trailers that are over 65 feet long. I know of two late model dirt track guys that got tickets, one in Iowa and one in South Dakota. I got a ticket earlier this year in Nebraska on the way to Great Bend KS for the divisional. That cost me $290.00. The officer told us that we needed to contact the racing organizations to see if they would get something passed in the legislatures to help with the problem. When I talked to the late model guys, I said they should get ahold of NASCAR and see if they could help out. They didn't think NASCAR would help. Has anyone approached NHRA to see if they can help us out?

I have a CDL but the problem is that my motor home and trailer would have to be registered as a truck tractor and pro-rated to run in all the states. It would then mean that no one would be able to assist in the driving unless they also had a CDL. I would have to pull through scales, have a log book, physical card and have an IFTA sticker for fuel.

I'm not in this as a business, this is recreational.

[Bob Pagano]

All you retired guys like me that take meds like blood pressure and so on can forget about a CDL physical, I had to turn mine in. The list of meds is long.

[Philip Saran]

I don't know about other states, but here in California, trucks over say a F150 have commercial
plates on them. My F350 diesel is a '04 so it's already 4 yrs old and the tags are still over $400
per year. I could convert to car tags if I was willing to put a camper shell on the truck and NEVER
take it off, that would cut the price of tags in half, but then you loose the use of the bed for hauling.

[John DiBartolomeo]

Originally Posted by 1664SSJA

All those mentioned are more than likely registered as Commercial Vehicles, therefore exempt, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

It doesn't have anything to do the way your are registered it is the overall length of your rig and whether you have a ball or fifth wheel.

[FED 387]

quick question --when they talk about overall length are they measuring from bumper to bumper OR are they measuring the length of the motorhome and the enclosed (box) portion of the trailer LESS the drawbar length to arrive at the total length??? When you buy a trailer the 24 or 32 or whatever foot measurement applies to the enclosed portion or bed of the trailler NOT the actual overall length---From the very tip of the drawbar to the absolute furthest point rearward on the trailer---How are they doing it?? Comp387

[Dottie DiBartolomeo]

Originally Posted by FED 387

quick question --when they talk about overall length are they measuring from bumper to bumper OR are they measuring the length of the motorhome and the enclosed (box) portion of the trailer LESS the drawbar length to arrive at the total length??? When you buy a trailer the 24 or 32 or whatever foot measurement applies to the enclosed portion or bed of the trailler NOT the actual overall length---From the very tip of the drawbar to the absolute furthest point rearward on the trailer---How are they doing it?? Comp387

Bumper to bumper is overall length.

[FED 387]

Dottie--Thank you that's the way I interpreted it--Comp 387