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Re: [oletrucks] Re: Non-Op

To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Re: Non-Op
From: "kmm 1024" <kmm1024@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 11:05:34 -0700
Yes, I've heard that with tow dolley you can't tow an unregistered vehicle.  
But with a trailer, you should be able to have anything you want on the 
trailer, the trailer is registered.


>From: Joe Way <joe@brakecylinder.com>
>Reply-To: Joe Way <joe@brakecylinder.com>
>To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: [oletrucks] Re: Non-Op
>Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 19:03:34 -0700
>
>On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 18:54:13 -0600 (MDT), you wrote:
>
>
> >Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 13:44:55 -0700
> >From: = <mm@service-quality.com>
> >Subject: [oletrucks] Non Ops Registration Details
> >
> >I'm getting mixed DMV (Calif) information.  I've been registering my'54
> >as Non-Operational for the last 6-7 years which states specifically, that
> >it CANNOT BE TRAILERED.  I took my parts to a body shop a while ago who
> >has painted and is re-assembling most of the truck which I will need to
> >pick up soon and trailer it back to my home (about 100 miles away).  I 
>know
> >it's still going to be another year before I actually have this thing on
> >the road again so I called DMV to see about whether I had to register it
> >or not in order to move it.  I have been told, "yes, you must register 
>it,"
> >to "no, only if the truck's wheels are going to be on the ground."  Any
> >experts out there who can assist?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Michael Mendonca
> >'54 Chevy 3100
>=========================
>What is the exact language that says it cannot be trailered? I've just
>looked at my CA non-ops, and they say nothing about trailering. As
>long as the wheels aren't touching the road, you're OK. From the
>non-op for my '66 C10: "If a vehicle with a PNO status is operated,
>parked or left standing on a public street or highway, it may be
>subject to citation." If it's on a trailer, it's none of the above.
>
>There is, or was at one time, some question about whether a non-op
>vehicle can be towed on a tow dolly, but that's a different question
>involving one pair of wheels on the road. If you put it on a full
>trailer, you're cool. Guaranteed. The people who told you that it must
>be registered must not have heard you when you said you wanted to put
>it on a trailer.
>
>Joe
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