new 4500 dually
02-24-2008, 09:36 PM
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rough, but there is an airbag system available for ride comfort but you will loose some capabilities. The stock spring system is designed for payload, and if you dont need that much payload, then it can be a smooth ride, if you still need the payload, then you are stuck with a rough ride.
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02-25-2008, 03:43 PM
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rough, but there is an airbag system available for ride comfort but you will loose some capabilities. The stock spring system is designed for payload, and if you dont need that much payload, then it can be a smooth ride, if you still need the payload, then you are stuck with a rough ride.
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02-25-2008, 09:19 PM
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Cali will not let us get away with that! They want/need the money.
Unless you put a camper shell on it, you WILL stop at the scales, participate in the BIT instection program, and have that ugly white sticker on you doors indicating you max GVW.
Only private passenger vehicles, pickups and RV's are exempt from stopping.
Pickup Truck
471. A "pickup truck" is a motor truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding 9 feet in length. "Pickup truck" does not include a motor vehicle otherwise meeting the above definition, that is equipped with a bed-mounted storage compartment unit commonly called a "utility body."
The 4500 and 5500 don't fit into the category, heck my 3500 doesn't even fit in the definition of a pickup! Can't wait till' the money grubbing posse finds out.
According to this, I'm a criminal
:It is a misdemeanor for a person or company to operate any vehicle subject to the BIT Program without having submitted an application for inspection and the required fees to the CHP, or without the required inspection having been performed within specified time limits. For persons or companies regulated by or registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) or the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), failure to submit the application and fees, or failure to submit to the required inspection, may jeopardize DMV operating authority.
The guys with the F450's are finding out now.....Google for " California F450".
02-25-2008, 10:34 PM
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Wow! Just followed that thread on Dieselstop. Sounds like another reason to stay as far from the Left coast as possible.
02-26-2008, 12:16 AM
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Cali will not let us get away with that! They want/need the money.
Unless you put a camper shell on it, you WILL stop at the scales, participate in the BIT instection program, and have that ugly white sticker on you doors indicating you max GVW.
Only private passenger vehicles, pickups and RV's are exempt from stopping.
Pickup Truck
471. A "pickup truck" is a motor truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding 9 feet in length. "Pickup truck" does not include a motor vehicle otherwise meeting the above definition, that is equipped with a bed-mounted storage compartment unit commonly called a "utility body."
The 4500 and 5500 don't fit into the category, heck my 3500 doesn't even fit in the definition of a pickup! Can't wait till' the money grubbing posse finds out.
According to this, I'm a criminal:
It is a misdemeanor for a person or company to operate any vehicle subject to the BIT Program without having submitted an application for inspection and the required fees to the CHP, or without the required inspection having been performed within specified time limits. For persons or companies regulated by or registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) or the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), failure to submit the application and fees, or failure to submit to the required inspection, may jeopardize DMV operating authority.
The guys with the F450's are finding out now.....Google for " California F450".
Unless you put a camper shell on it, you WILL stop at the scales, participate in the BIT instection program, and have that ugly white sticker on you doors indicating you max GVW.
Only private passenger vehicles, pickups and RV's are exempt from stopping.
Pickup Truck
471. A "pickup truck" is a motor truck with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, an unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding 9 feet in length. "Pickup truck" does not include a motor vehicle otherwise meeting the above definition, that is equipped with a bed-mounted storage compartment unit commonly called a "utility body."
The 4500 and 5500 don't fit into the category, heck my 3500 doesn't even fit in the definition of a pickup! Can't wait till' the money grubbing posse finds out.
According to this, I'm a criminal
:It is a misdemeanor for a person or company to operate any vehicle subject to the BIT Program without having submitted an application for inspection and the required fees to the CHP, or without the required inspection having been performed within specified time limits. For persons or companies regulated by or registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) or the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), failure to submit the application and fees, or failure to submit to the required inspection, may jeopardize DMV operating authority.
The guys with the F450's are finding out now.....Google for " California F450".
02-26-2008, 12:18 AM
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that is correct. And as far as the filler panel goes, we have tried to have one made that matches the truck and they are at least two months out. But the ones we make now are color matched, and have tie down rings on the top to secure your cargo. It is steel and not plastic. We have some better photos showing how they are shaped, the top is perfect, it's the side bed/body lines that are hard to duplicate within the price we are charging. So we went with the steel one with the rings for now.
02-26-2008, 12:19 AM
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