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So what if you already have a deuce historic tagged in Md. with antique insurance.
Nothing, there is no change to for you.
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So what if you already have a deuce historic tagged in Md. with antique insurance.
Kevin,
By law we can no longer drive our trucks except for
"(I) WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR USE IN EXHIBITIONS, CLUB ACTIVITIES, PARADES, TOURS, AND SIMILAR USES;"
"(II) WILL NOT BE USED FOR: GENERAL DAILY TRANSPORTATION; OR
ANY COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION OF 5 PASSENGERS OR PROPERTY ON HIGHWAYS; AND
What they did was remove the old language that made it legal to go to the hardware store or snowball stand or just a drive on a sunny Saturday.
" (1) Will be maintained for use in exhibitions, club activities, parades, tours, occasional transportation, and similar uses; and
Also they added the following restriction.
(III) IS INSURED BY A HISTORIC VEHICLE, A SHOW VEHICLE, OR AN ANTIQUE VEHICLE INSURANCE POLICY.
So the commercial insurance I now have is no longer valid so I will have to turn in my tags. Oh well it was fun while it lasted.
Yes, you can still tag vehicles that meet historic criteria (25 yrs and older) as either regular tags or historic tags. However, if you choose to tag them with regular tags, then all inspections and other vehicle regulations that would apply to trucks of whatever class you have will apply.Ok,
So, What if you own a 51 M211 can you tag it either historic or commercial/daily?
Allowing you to choose whether you want it to be purely historic or used to haul items to your home projects.
Then what about the newer deuces since they cannot because of their age apply for the historic tag do they have a commercial/daily tag available?
Next, how are the below 10,000 GVW rated vehicles handled?
This could be the tip of an iceberg, first Maryland then Michigan and everyone else. I look at it as a money grab since the economy is bad. Good luck and I hope it does not pass.Maryland has a bill up that will eliminate historic tags on trucks over 10k pound GVW. http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/bills/sb/sb0846f.pdf . We need to make a big stand here, or we will have to pay out the butt for tags and have to conform to DOT regulations
It did pass. In regular session they dropped the issue, and told everyone they were going to leave it be. Once the spotlight was off, they passed it in a special session. Now it's time to show the disapproval through the ballot box and vote all the supporters of this out.This could be the tip of an iceberg, first Maryland then Michigan and everyone else. I look at it as a money grab since the economy is bad. Good luck and I hope it does not pass.
IGD
It did pass. In regular session they dropped the issue, and told everyone they were going to leave it be. Once the spotlight was off, they passed it in a special session. Now it's time to show the disapproval through the ballot box and vote all the supporters of this out.
The other bad part about what they passed is this: Now, it specifically states on the application for historic registration that no vehicle over 10000 GVW can be used for "occasssional transportation", as is allowed with all other historic vehicles. That means, no more driving your truck to work on a nice day, or running down to get ice cream with the kids. They can now only be driven for club events, parades, etc.This is not exactly true. They did pull an end around on us, but they did not proceed with the full spirit of the originally proposed bill that would have ended historic tags for any vehicles over 10,001 GVW. The big change is that you can no longer tag a deuce or 5 ton that is under 25 years old as historic. That sucks for anyone with an M939A2 since they were all built from 1989 to 1992. Trust me, I'm still pissed, but this is not as bad as the bill that was proposed that would have ended historic registrations entirely for all vehicles 10,0001 pounds or heavier.
Border crossing? Hmmm... Mexico probably has fewer restrictions on old trucks than the regs in Maryland - but then, the locals might think you're invading.Man just when I get into a new hobby this state pulls crap like this...I am about to make a border crossing if they keep it up...
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