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Commercial Vehicle Size and Weight Program - Freight Professional ...Buy the Federal DOT 13 ft is Max Height with a out a Permit
No federal vehicle height limit is imposed. State standards range from 13.6 feet to 14.6 feet. |
Forgot to quote that!... Phil2968 has a bobbed deuce with front springs and last year he toted a 3000# chunk of engine to the GA Rally and it flattened the heck out of his springs. ...
The above plan WILL work right up to the time something happens, then lawyers will send you THANK YOU notes,I'd put 4200 lbs in the bed of a bobbed deuce, just get the load in the bed right. I'm around 4000lbs on my F450 when my camper is hooked to it. Whether the deuce is rated for it or not, it's parts are double the size of my pickup's, if it drives and stops good, I'd roll with it.
There is no difference if I'm driving an all original empty deuce, and something happens. Seems every time a modified or weighted down deuce is discussed it will kill a bus load of nuns if it's put on the public roads. The fact is most of the military vehicles on this site are very old and very heavy. So if someone has no knowledge of how to properly drive and maintain the truck, that is much more dangerous than a lot of the knowledgeable people on this site who modify and use there truck that may be at or above it's intended purpose.The above plan WILL work right up to the time something happens, then lawyers will send you THANK YOU notes,
Worthless without pictures! Owner of '58 CJ-5, '66 CJ-5 and '53 USMC M38A1.It's not your standard cj2a!Custom built and scaled up to fit a Cj7 chassis. Approximately 14" of lift... 37" Boggers locked and ready to rock! But yes, you are correct a standard Cj2a is nowhere near 4200lbs!!!
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I'd put 4200 lbs in the bed of a bobbed deuce, just get the load in the bed right. I'm around 4000lbs on my F450 when my camper is hooked to it. Whether the deuce is rated for it or not, it's parts are double the size of my pickup's, if it drives and stops good, I'd roll with it.
The above plan WILL work right up to the time something happens, then lawyers will send you THANK YOU notes,
The DIFFERENCE is that there is a DESIGN and ENGINEERING trail back to about 1946 for a 2 1/2 ton THREE axle 6x6 military cargo truck, this DOCUMENTATION details and specified EVERY part, it specified the uses, non uses, capabilities. this DOCUMENTATION will hold up in any court in the landThere is no difference if I'm driving an all original empty deuce, and something happens. Seems every time a modified or weighted down deuce is discussed it will kill a bus load of nuns if it's put on the public roads. The fact is most of the military vehicles on this site are very old and very heavy. So if someone has no knowledge of how to properly drive and maintain the truck, that is much more dangerous than a lot of the knowledgeable people on this site who modify and use there truck that may be at or above it's intended purpose.
Get a blanket liability policy if you are afraid to leave the house.The DIFFERENCE is that there is a DESIGN and ENGINEERING trail back to about 1946 for a 2 1/2 ton THREE axle 6x6 military cargo truck, this DOCUMENTATION details and specified EVERY part, it specified the uses, non uses, capabilities. this DOCUMENTATION will hold up in any court in the land
Show any DESIGN and ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION, DOT documentation (NEW build) that will support a BACKYARD bobber build, (even a fab shop build is considered a back yard build WITHOUT DESIGN and ENGINEERING}, so in other words the taking of a well designed, engineered, speced part specified truck, converting it to a UNDOCUMENTED bobber is putting EVERYTHING on the driver/owner because there is NOTHING as far as DESIGN and ENGINEERING/SAFETY DOCUMENTATION, DOT documentation to support that the bobber build should even be on the road.
MAYBE, again MAYBE building to XM381 DOCUMENTATION may be a way to build but the arguement will then be that if the military DID NOT think it should be built and on the road (no matter the reason), what makes someone think they have BETTER ideas then the military that has ALL the money in the world to research.
Again the lawyers will LOVE a BOBBER event, no matter whose fault it is
I took my truck in person and explained what I had done. None of the three agents with whom I met had ANY problems with the truck. The county office had NO problem with it; they only care if you add an axle.
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