IronPig
New member
- 39
- 0
- 0
- Location
- Fredericksburg, VA
What sort of registration/tags are other VA residents running?
I finally got my title and tags for one of my Deuces yesterday. The actual trip to DMV was a bit comical, the woman behind the counter informed me that I had mistakenly filled the Empty Weight box with the Gross Weight. I looked, 13,500, and said, "No, that's right."
She checks her screen again and asks, "Do you know how much that is?"
I reply, "I think so."
She says, "That's as much as 5 cars. Is it as big as five cars?"
I think for a moment, resist with all my might the temptation to say "more like 6, ma'am" and instead reply, "Oh, I don't think it's that big!" (I can see where this is headed)
She says, "We have F350 duallys that don't weigh that much. Is it as big as an F350 dually?"
I reply, "It's a little bigger."
She says,"did you get that number from the door tag?"
Not wanting to show my hand I say, "the internet..."
She then tells me that I probably need to purchase truck tags for it and will not be able to get antique tags. I tell her that it's not used for trucking, just a collector car. She wants to know the GVWR and I tell her I'm not sure. I asked her to put it in and see if it goes through anyway, and to both of our suprise it does. Not wanting to risk any troubles I grab my tags and go.
Once I got home I noticed that two things were wrong with my registration: the county is Stafford, where I live, rather than Cumberland which is where my Deuce lives; second the GVWR is 28,000. Which is not only high but also, according to the the TM, I think wrong. (i think this originated when I asked if it was necessary to have a GVWR and mentioned that my F350 has a *GCVWR* of 29,500 printed on the registration but my F250 does not)
My concern is not so much that the GVWR is incorrect but that Stafford (an uptight DC suburb) will choke on an antique with that rating and complain to DMV and revoke my tags.
Should I be concerned enough to contact DMV and correct the rating? (will setting the GVWR to 18,720 help or will they choke nonetheless and thus bring unwanted scrutiny?) I don't mind dealing with Stafford v. Cumberland issue when the tax man comes knocking.
Advice? What are others in VA running?
PS - sorry, no pics of dmv personnel, left the wide angle lens at home!
I finally got my title and tags for one of my Deuces yesterday. The actual trip to DMV was a bit comical, the woman behind the counter informed me that I had mistakenly filled the Empty Weight box with the Gross Weight. I looked, 13,500, and said, "No, that's right."
She checks her screen again and asks, "Do you know how much that is?"
I reply, "I think so."
She says, "That's as much as 5 cars. Is it as big as five cars?"
I think for a moment, resist with all my might the temptation to say "more like 6, ma'am" and instead reply, "Oh, I don't think it's that big!" (I can see where this is headed)
She says, "We have F350 duallys that don't weigh that much. Is it as big as an F350 dually?"
I reply, "It's a little bigger."
She says,"did you get that number from the door tag?"
Not wanting to show my hand I say, "the internet..."
She then tells me that I probably need to purchase truck tags for it and will not be able to get antique tags. I tell her that it's not used for trucking, just a collector car. She wants to know the GVWR and I tell her I'm not sure. I asked her to put it in and see if it goes through anyway, and to both of our suprise it does. Not wanting to risk any troubles I grab my tags and go.
Once I got home I noticed that two things were wrong with my registration: the county is Stafford, where I live, rather than Cumberland which is where my Deuce lives; second the GVWR is 28,000. Which is not only high but also, according to the the TM, I think wrong. (i think this originated when I asked if it was necessary to have a GVWR and mentioned that my F350 has a *GCVWR* of 29,500 printed on the registration but my F250 does not)
My concern is not so much that the GVWR is incorrect but that Stafford (an uptight DC suburb) will choke on an antique with that rating and complain to DMV and revoke my tags.
Should I be concerned enough to contact DMV and correct the rating? (will setting the GVWR to 18,720 help or will they choke nonetheless and thus bring unwanted scrutiny?) I don't mind dealing with Stafford v. Cumberland issue when the tax man comes knocking.
Advice? What are others in VA running?
PS - sorry, no pics of dmv personnel, left the wide angle lens at home!
