DOT and non comercial traffic

[tlbuser]

Of course, that presumes that the activity is "for profit", the IRS has defined "for profit" as even a CHANCE you could win a trophy at a car show, race or other event. No monetary denomination need change hands, only a trophy, plack or ribbon

What cash value do you attach to these "trophies"? I got some stuff in storage I'll sell you

Eight Important Questions for Hobbyists

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p525.pdf

 

[Skyco]

same thing I'm thinking..

agreed
And how would they know you crossed a state line? I could have bought my trailer in NC, licensed and plated it in SC and use it and leave it at my land in NC without it ever crossing a state line:laughing:

 

[dcyrilc]

and that also looks like a 'no'

soundguy

My wife's aunt & uncle life in Cali and go to their property in Canada for three months every summer. Their property is remote and they bring everything they need by hauling it in a private tractor trailer rig (semi). No CDL, log, etc required, but must stop at the scales due to being over 26K#.

 

[Soundguy]

wow.. I've never heard of a private semi.. I thought you would need at least a class C license due to air brakes ??


( though I'm not against the idea of private ownership and use of 'odd' things .. that's what america is all about.. or should be.. IE.. the land of 'rights' )

soundguy

 

[dcyrilc]

wow.. I've never heard of a private semi.. I thought you would need at least a class C license due to air brakes ??


( though I'm not against the idea of private ownership and use of 'odd' things .. that's what america is all about.. or should be.. IE.. the land of 'rights' )

soundguy

No different than driving a large motorhome with airbrakes. No CDL required for private ownership and use.

Their property is at the end of the Dean Channel in British Columbia. When they get there, they unload the truck and barge everything 65 miles up the Channel. No roads, no stores! That's why the have and use a semi for carrying everything they need for the 3-5 month stay. Including their boat.:confused2:

 

[Soundguy]

wow.. see.. showing my ignorance here! I didn't even know motorhomes had air brakes.. or you could get them with air brakes.

neat.. thanks for the info.

soundguy

 

[dcyrilc]

wow.. see.. showing my ignorance here! I didn't even know motorhomes had air brakes.. or you could get them with air brakes.

neat.. thanks for the info.

soundguy

Most of the diesel pushers have air brakes. I keep looking at them, but I just can't justify the cost. I'ld like to have something in the 30ft range.

We show Scottish Highland Cattle and I end up towing the stock trailer with our motorhome to most of the shows as we stay for a week while at fair. Ours is a 21ft class C on a 1ton Ford van chassis with a 460? engine, but it worries me when I start hauling the weight over the mountains for the later shows. I'ld feel a lot better with a diesel pusher and a Cat or Cummins diesel in it. I usually have 4 or 5 cattle at 1100-1300# each plus the weight of the trailer. I'm not sure that a 21ft gas motorhome is designed to pull that much weight.

 

[FlaDon]

wow.. see.. showing my ignorance here! I didn't even know motorhomes had air brakes.. or you could get them with air brakes.

neat.. thanks for the info.

soundguy

Many motorhomes start out on truck or bus chassis. Many older Greyhound Super Scenicruisers were converted to motorhomes. Prevost currently builds both buses and motorhomes on the same chassis.

 

[Soundguy]

sweet!

soundguy

 

[Bird]

Way back in 1992, I had a brother selling RVs north of Dallas and I was in the area when he called to tell me he had a customer in Bristol, VA, wanting a particular discontinued model of motorhome and the factory had told the guy the dealership my brother worked for still had a new one in stock. So I delivered it (a thousand miles) for him. It actually was one of the cheaper diesel pushers with spring suspension instead of air, but had air brakes and it was a sweet driving rig. I got to give those air brakes a pretty good test in Knoxville, TN, when a car cut in front of me and then slammed on his brakes.

Incidentally, that motorhome was a new 33 foot Champion EuroPremier on a Spartan chassis with a 230 hp. 5.9 liter, Cummins pusher with a 5 speed Allison.