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ol_Bombero-JC
Aug 30, 2013Explorer
Dayle1 wrote:ol Bombero-JC wrote:
See: PICKUP.
Discussion. (last half of paragraph) If the pickup has a GVWR of 11,500 lbs or more, or the pickup bed has been removed and a utility body or flat bed has been mounted, then it no longer meets the definition of pickup in CVC Section 471; it is then a "motor truck" under CVC Section 410 and required to stop at the weigh stations.
IMO - if you are traveling in CA, with out-of-state plates, reciprocity for your home state legal flat bed would apply..:C
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Glad I don't have to register my TV in Ca.
And....pay the registration $$ fees!!.:(..:(
Ex: My 1T pickup (when new) was over $600. in CA.
($225 of that is/was weight fees as a commercial truck)
Same truck in SD non-commercial (private truck) - $66.
However - on the flip side of the coin.....
Register your Tow Vehicle singled (Class 7) HDT Heavy Duty Truck as a Motor Home and the registration fees are less than those for a pickup.
Bonus: As a MH, it doesn't have to stop at weigh stations, LOL!
(even with a flat bed "deck")
Speaking of MHs & CA :
Buy a Motor Home, take delivery out-of-state, keep it out of state for 1 year....and pay *NO* sales tax (which is currently close to 10%) - then *legally* register it in CA.
Oh yeah - and more on the MH registration.
My neighbor bought a new gas burner MH in 2005 for approx $85K.
My 1T pickup - also new, same year - about half what he paid.
Registration for the pickup was about one third *more* than his MH.
(And yes - he utilized the CA "90 day rule" for zero sales tax).
Win some - lose some..:B
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BTW - CA "90 Day Rule" (now "one year rule")
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