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Arcane, Thanks for the info. It sounds like I won't have any luck with trying to register a 5-ton as an antique no matter what anyone else says, considering your experience. That really takes the wind out of my sails. Some people are telling me to not bother looking at an ex-firetruck...

Arcane, I contacted the guy who runs the Connecticut Military Vehicle Club and he said I would have no problems registering it as antique. You say isn't not going to happen because of the GVWR (does anybody know where that is listed on the truck?) is over 19,000 making it commercial. I saw a...

No doubt. There are a lot of stupid things in CT. I took a look at chapter 246 and I couldn't find squat about commercial vs. non-commercial. It doesn't even say what "recreation vehicle" is defined by. Those get super-heavy and no license needed for them, so can't I just call a 5-ton an RV...

Re: RE: Under-register 5-ton to avoid CDL in CT ? It looks like CT only has CDL for over 26,000 lbs. (class C+) and class D for anything under 26,000 pounds. However, it looks like anything over 10,000 lbs. needs to be registered commercial. The antique registration is ambiguous from what I...

Guys, let me first say that this a great forum. I found it while searching for info on registering a 5-ton (I have yet to purchase) in my home state of Connecticut. I searched and read the CDL info here I could find already, but perhaps someone can shed a little light on this for me. The CT...