2012 Chevy Silverado 3500

[johnmyster]

Ellen’s boss owned those vintage collectable cars with his 35’ trailer. They had a home on Long Island and Florida

He wound up registering the truck in Florida. Because New York State wanted him to have a CDL license. But like I said, the truck is now in Ohio. That’s where his brother lives. He transported a couple of the cars to from Long Island to Chicago to be sold. And that’s why it’s in Ohio now. @ 35 minutes east of Cleveland

NY (and many other states) requires classified DLs for non-commercial use of vehicles over 26k. The GCWR of that truck plus trailer exceeds 26k, so in NY he would have needed to test for a Class-A non-commercial license (which is different than a CDL-A). This includes RVers licensed in NY.

Florida does not have this requirement. As long as he was non-commercial use (he wasn't transporting cars that he bought/sold/raced/exhibited for profit) he could drive the rig legally on a standard DL.

In either state if his use was genuinely non-commercial, no DOT registration (no door numbers, med card, log book) required. Car hauling is more conspicuous than toting an RV but he likely never got serious flack on his adventures if it was all his personal hobby property and he wasn't dealing in cars.

It's a weird grey area. You can own a giant RV and drive it (in some states) without special license. As soon as you drive it to a NASCAR race to sell tshirts that promote your youtube channel, you're commercial.

A 35' bumper pull tri-axle with two cars inside is a pretty heavy tow. Lots of tail to wag the dog.

 

[HangmanLI]

We finally heard back from my wife’s new boss (the wife). She’s asking for the bluebook value which is over $20,000. I suspect the brother-in-law in Ohio is behind asking for top dollar.

Considering this thing is a ticking time bomb we are going to pass. Thanks again for all the helpful information and learning about these injection pumps and other potential problems.