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

From: Aaron Wyse (awyse@sw.rr.com)
Date: Sat Jan 31 2004 - 22:44:14 EST


Then I've run across several cars that had thier gvw over 3 tons.. My 75
Fury listed its GVW as 6317.. adn my friends 72 Riviera was 6420.. I guess
those areas don't want cars pre 1980 in them either.
LOL
Aaron

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From: "andy levy" <andy-dml@levyclan.us>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Definition of 'truck' may change for N.Y.

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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.
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> 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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