my "new" t/c hauler project "Revisited"

the tc life, I doubt they would bother you if you have out of state plates. My suggestion would be to simply ignore stopping at the scales. My bet is that most people in California with a flatbed and a TC do not even know the law exist.

Be careful what you wish for. Most states eventually follow California's led, good, bad, or indifferent.

Wayne

Reddog1 wrote:

recycler wrote:

the tc life wrote:
how about a 12' flatbed on it? maybe a bit longer? we love having a porch on ours.

guy i got it from said same thing.. is 14ft from cab to end of frame..only thing is in michigan flat beds are considered commercial..

In California, you can get passenger car license and mount the TC. You cannot use it to haul anything else. With a standard pickup bed, with Commercial plates, you do not have to stop as scales. Any bed other than a pickup bed and you are required to stop.

Years ago I used flatbed trucks for my TCs. I had a 12-foot bed with a 8-foot TC, and eventually a 10-foot TC. I also had truck with a 14-foot bed with a 12-foot TC. They were great for the type of camping I did at the time, all boondocking. In my opinion, with the exception of having to stop at scales with the Commercial license, the flatbed is my favorite bed.

Wayne

thank you for giving me another reason to tell my wife why i want to stay out of that state. she is from there and would like to visit again sometime. id actually like to go to the redwoods. i wonder...can i get a route avoiding the scales? hmmmmm.
sometimes i wished the states had the same dang laws so it is consistant when traveling.

I'm sure I could do enough body work to make it look like a pickup bed towards the back. Except the side would be hinged and work as the door to a storage compartment the length of the bed. Still have room for a 4' storage box upfront. If you further wanted to camo it, used standard truck doors for the storage box.

Oh so many options with the capacity.

Glad I'm down here in the south. I can put the same "truck" tag that is on my pickup on something as large as a semi with no problem even though it isn't a commercial specific tag. Funny thing is I often see the same "truck" tag on cars, because it is required to park in loading zones downtown Charleston.

recycler wrote:

the tc life wrote:
how about a 12' flatbed on it? maybe a bit longer? we love having a porch on ours.

guy i got it from said same thing.. is 14ft from cab to end of frame..only thing is in michigan flat beds are considered commercial..

In California, you can get passenger car license and mount the TC. You cannot use it to haul anything else. With a standard pickup bed, with Commercial plates, you do not have to stop as scales. Any bed other than a pickup bed and you are required to stop.

Years ago I used flatbed trucks for my TCs. I had a 12-foot bed with a 8-foot TC, and eventually a 10-foot TC. I also had truck with a 14-foot bed with a 12-foot TC. They were great for the type of camping I did at the time, all boondocking. In my opinion, with the exception of having to stop at scales with the Commercial license, the flatbed is my favorite bed.

Wayne

I see a lot of diamond plating in your future! Looks like fun, enjoy...

in that storage area build.... do at least a 75-100g gas tank, some cool truck body storage boxes!!! wow.. ou could have some fun building that!!! a built in Genny box!(an onan Microquiet 4k or a 2800/ honda 3k.) ...wow!!! fun!!!

a lance 1172 or even a AF 1150 would be awesome on that thing!

Looks like a fun project.

recycler wrote:

the tc life wrote:
how about a 12' flatbed on it? maybe a bit longer? we love having a porch on ours.

guy i got it from said same thing.. is 14ft from cab to end of frame..only thing is in michigan flat beds are considered commercial..

don't know your states laws so I cant say about that.

here in Washington state my truck is considered a commercial vehicle according to the auto license department. I have to pay an extra fee for my yearly tabs. for my insurance I explained what I use it for and how many miles I put on it. they had no problem insuring it as a private vehicle. maybe you dont get that option in your state though.

I know when I had geico insurance, just because it had a flatbed it was commercial in their eyes. it was no big deal really.

congratulations on the new hauler. id like to get a 550 sometime in the future.

the tc life wrote:
how about a 12' flatbed on it? maybe a bit longer? we love having a porch on ours.

guy i got it from said same thing.. is 14ft from cab to end of frame..only thing is in michigan flat beds are considered commercial..

kohldad wrote:
Looking at it, don't thing it will need to be shortened that much once you add a storage compartment behind the cab. :)

was thinking about a back pack utility box..