Beware Driving in Radford

Post by **jonesy** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:27 pm

Ctrow wrote:JPN High- the guy with the kj you're taliking about, is it black and his names andrew? If so, he's running enough lift to fit 38s easy (i know because he did). As for as the bumper goes, i've heard that if you start adding plate or messing with the bumper, they can messure to the frame. Is this true?

i think this guy is in my evening SMAW welding class at NRCC...

his shit is TALL

Post by **Ctrow** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:28 pm

Post by YJ » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:52 am

tsmall07 wrote:
yotacowboy wrote: if there's no bed, it's not a truck)
PT Cruizer is a truck. (according to the law)

By the way....there is a fairly new law in VA that says: If you drive in VA then you have to abide by Virginia laws. Registering your rig elsewhere may not be as helpful as you might think.

A Subaru Forester wagon is also classed as a "truck".

Post by **MILLER** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:30 am

He was actually a recent customer of mine. Can't wait to get my junk back on the road. wonder why I wasnt pulled when I drove it to work on many occasions? I think my rear bumber is 32"

Post by **jonesy** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:31 am

MILLER wrote:He was actually a recent customer of mine. Can't wait to get my junk back on the road. wonder why I wasnt pulled when I drove it to work on many occasions? I think my rear bumber is 32"

lol ... he bought something off miller.

Post by **MILLER** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:21 pm

No, just had some welding done.

Post by **jonesy** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:46 pm

MILLER wrote:No, just had some welding done.

i guess i better tell him that you cant weld :o

Post by **yotacowboy** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:13 pm

hutch wrote:
tsmall07 wrote:
yotacowboy wrote: if there's no bed, it's not a truck)
PT Cruizer is a truck. (according to the law)

By the way....there is a fairly new law in VA that says: If you drive in VA then you have to abide by Virginia laws. Registering your rig elsewhere may not be as helpful as you might think.

A Subaru Forester wagon is also classed as a "truck".

there's a blurry line as to how the manufacturer who imports/assembles the vehicle and how they classify it... it gets even blurrier when each state AND the feds have different laws about what's what.

Post by **MtnToys** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:14 pm

In PA, the DLX 4runners that have their rear seats, carpeting and so fourth installed at the port or dealer are trucks. The factory installed interior 4runners are considered station wagons. I have been told Toyota did this for cheaper import taxes.

Post by **yotacowboy** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:27 pm

MtnToys wrote:In PA, the DLX 4runners that have their rear seats, carpeting and so fourth installed at the port or dealer are trucks. The factory installed interior 4runners are considered station wagons. I have been told Toyota did this for cheaper import taxes.

i've heard similar stories... also gets them around certain EPA stuff.

Post by **Leach** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:19 am

tsmall07 wrote:
yotacowboy wrote: if there's no bed, it's not a truck)
PT Cruizer is a truck. (according to the law)

By the way....there is a fairly new law in VA that says: If you drive in VA then you have to abide by Virginia laws. Registering your rig elsewhere may not be as helpful as you might think.

whhaaaa? Might be a little extra work to get the tube buggy on the road then. They might not like fullwidths and lack of body puttin around town.

Post by **Steinberg** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:21 am

Tyler, post up the full text of that law.

Post by **Dieselram** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:56 am

tyler i think there was talk of this but i don;t think it passed?

Post by **hssss** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:45 pm

A couple of items.

At my next to last yearly lights & brake check I was talking with the inspector about the BJ. I was warned about makint it too tall because someone in power in the Radford area had a real hardon for lifted "trucks" because there had been a bad wreck in his area where a TALL truck ran over a car.

The Bronco that I am using for the BJ had been owned by a state cop who had bumper height issues. It seems there was a bit of a loophole, at least at the time that allowed the truck to be retitled as a Ford multipurpose vehicle (??) which got around the bumper and smog issues.
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Post by YJ » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:18 pm

hssss wrote:
At my next to last yearly lights & brake check I was talking with the inspector about the BJ. I was warned about makint it too tall because someone in power in the Radford area had a real hardon for lifted "trucks" because there had been a bad wreck in his area where a TALL truck ran over a car.

It has nothing to do with anyone high up on the food chain. Radford just has a lot of issues within that need to be addressed, and no one to address them.