Finally!! My very own truck!

Congratulations!

Nice!

Deb and Ed.... I have the Brophy clamp-ons that need a new home if interested...... Steve

NautiqueFamily wrote:
Deb and Ed.... I have the Brophy clamp-ons that need a new home if interested...... Steve

Aw Steve - I ordered a set last fall when I got the camper. I like them - they seem to go on easily enough - maybe someone else will PM you about them ;-)

Back to my truck - while a Ram wasn't exactly my first choice (sorry all you Mopar folks!) - I have to admit how nice it is that my camper will fit with ZERO modifications. Unlike the Ford I thought was mine (if only for a couple of days)

That makes the night on a cot worthwhile! We're going to have to teach you Dodge lingo though :B No supercab but just crewcab and megacab were made in 2014 I believe. Either way, happy camping!

If I understand correctly you have a used car lot and just "borrow" a truck to use for camping? I presume running dealer tags on it while camping? From what I know from my family in the business it's not legal to use dealer tags for that purpose. There for moving vehicles around between lots, test drives, and service. Test drives don't include hauling a camper.
I'm happy you get to go camping but, coming from someone pays all the legal obligations of vehicle ownership:taxes, tags, and insurance on my truck, I don't have a lot of sympathy for your situation.

KD4UPL wrote:
If I understand correctly you have a used car lot and just "borrow" a truck to use for camping? I presume running dealer tags on it while camping? From what I know from my family in the business it's not legal to use dealer tags for that purpose. There for moving vehicles around between lots, test drives, and service. Test drives don't include hauling a camper.
I'm happy you get to go camping but, coming from someone pays all the legal obligations of vehicle ownership:taxes, tags, and insurance on my truck, I don't have a lot of sympathy for your situation.

Always someone around to pee in your Wheaties! :)

@KD4UPL - do you know the laws of MI regarding dealer tags if she was to use them? My neighbor has a used car lot and he pays a large amount of $$ for each Dealer Tag.

For the most part, I think people are taxed too much! I just paid $857 for the taxes, title, and license for my used truck. And that was just on the $10,000 trade difference. Then there will be personal property tax, taxes for fuel, oil, tires, etc., etc.

Let her go camping in peace!

KD4UPL wrote:
If I understand correctly you have a used car lot and just "borrow" a truck to use for camping? I presume running dealer tags on it while camping? From what I know from my family in the business it's not legal to use dealer tags for that purpose. There for moving vehicles around between lots, test drives, and service. Test drives don't include hauling a camper.
I'm happy you get to go camping but, coming from someone pays all the legal obligations of vehicle ownership:taxes, tags, and insurance on my truck, I don't have a lot of sympathy for your situation.

Michigan's dealer rules are different. My demo is perfectly legal for me to use however I wish, with a dealer tag on it. If I want to give a car with a dealer plate to my daughter - that's legal, too.

Here's the wording from the Michigan Sec'y of State's site:
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Proper Uses of Vehicles Bearing Dealer Plates Include:

Employees, servants, or agents of a dealer may operate a vehicle owned by a dealer for any purpose, provided that the vehicle is not a "service vehicle." This group of permissive users includes the dealer, full and part-time employees, and authorized agents. Examples of proper use of dealer plates on vehicles include:

Dealer-owned vehicles being driven to and from repair facilities, storage lots, and other locations where vehicles are being held prior to sale.
Dealer-owned vehicles being moved to locations where they may be bought or sold.
Dealer-owned vehicles driven by employees, servants or agents, or family members for any use except as a service vehicle.

There is no time limit upon the use of a vehicle with a dealer plate for persons described in paragraph 1 above.
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Strangely, if I want to put a dealer plate on a tow truck - THAT is illegal. But I can drive my camper to Oregon and back. THAT's OK.

Furthermore, as the owner of the business, I pay taxes up the ying-yang; my fleet insurance is over $6,000; the dealer plates cost $$; and we have to be bonded. Not to mention all the $$$$$$$$ tied up in our inventory (which we OWN, it's not borrowed). Oh - and I generally work 50-hour weeks.

Getting away in my camper is the perk for putting up with all the above foolishness ;-) (Provided nobody buys my truck at the last minute....LOL!)

JumboJet wrote:


For the most part, I think people are taxed too much! I just paid $857 for the taxes, title, and license for my used truck. And that was just on the $10,000 trade difference.

You're lucky! Up until recently - Michigan made us charge sales tax on the selling price of the vehicle BEFORE trade-in. Now, they are generously giving a $2500 trade-in break on taxes.... yeeesh.