Re: Re: Definition of 'truck' may change for N.Y.

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Sat Jan 31 2004 - 18:50:03 EST


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On 1/31/2004 6:10 PM, droo wrote:

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| On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 14:58:21 EST, <Olznut@aol.com> wrote:
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|> I just thought of something, all the streets in my 'hood have a weight
|> restriction of 3 tons, and my Ram is 6400 lbs, so techniclly, I'm
|> "illegal" but then, how do you expect for me to get to work, etc? Then
|> you gotta see, wait, what about all the folks with rv's etc?? There's
|> too many loop holes in this. Burbank otoh, my neighboring city, their
|> rule is 3 or more axles is illegal. Also, something I see all to
|> often, people see the GVW of the trucks and think that's the weight.
|> That is soooo wrong!!! There's no way a Hummer is 10k. I used to work
|> on them, I know. More like 7-8k, and that's an H1!! Most people have
|> no clue on the actual weight of their vehicles, sad to say.
|>
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| Weight restrictions go by gvw not curb weight.

Then he's even more illegal, as his GVW is (by the laws of mathematics
and physics) greater than 6400 pounds, which still puts him over the
weight restriction of 3 tons.

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