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Skirting the DMV Reg's
Old 07-16-2003, 07:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Skirting the DMV Reg's

Hi! ALL :O)
Here goes. I baught a DRW truck, thinking that it would be the do all and end all of trucks, for many years to come.
Leave it to the DMV gastopo to screw it up.
Living in New York, going over the Triboro Bridge costs $9.00 but only $1.00 for passenger commuter cars. and $12.00 for the G.W. bridge and $6.00 for passenger. As I was hoping to use it for mixed use, I found to get passenger plates I would have to have minimum, a camper back w/ side windows covering the entire bed and seats. I baught a camper that weighs 3500lbs but do not want to carry it around all the time, it doesn't make any sense. I have motor cycles and would want to transport them at times in the bed without a full camper back and also drive in to my free parking space in the city, without paying through the nose
So, I was thinking for a way around it. If I put a Fiber glass 1/4 back w/ windows a removable back on the bed and buy the back seats and belts from a wrecked Ram and covered the rest say, a light 6' tournou type cover and maybe some sort of panel arrangement that could be transformed into a large box (say aluminium square posts, plywood sides, the tournow cover goes to the top and a piano hinged back door)and as long as i had strategic bolts to make it so called permanent, as I read the law I should be covered . Then with an air gun, in a few minutes it could be easily removed and stored in a minimum of space by one person (the sweet one only weighs 120lbs. so she says? and only 5' tall) not much help with the heavy stuff.
What do you all think ? Am I out of my mind?
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