Fill's Bedford

photo 1 by fill quinn , on Flickr

Thanks for you comments, I have lost my guts hair got a bit longer. and I look older. A resto will do that

photo 1 by fill quinn , on Flickr

I lost my guts, hair got a bit longer, got older, a resto will do that

100_3357 by fill quinn , on Flickr

I know about derating.....Inter 1300s were rated at (IIRC )10,000lb,which is a little bit over the 4500kg limit now...50kgs.....one time in Qld they would let you go on it......not now.....it means yearly inspection and the big hit is truck third party.....same for a 4550 kg or 27,000kg............yet certain 1300s had single wheels and register as a ute......On top of all this,reconstruct the same truck as a hot rod ,register as a hotrod,and it goes thru as a ute no worries.

Exactly, my F350 is only 50kg over which means inspections, dearer insurance and of course LR license as a minimum.

600D was you F350 and import or local unit?
There is provision in VSB 6 section S page 6 for an administrative re-rating of 10,000 lb vehicles (4535 kg) that maybe re-rated to 4490 with out modification.
Have yet to go checked if this will work as I too would like to get my F350 under 4500.
Cheers Steve

She's an AL1, Ive done a few derating mods already but hit paperwork brickwalls every step of the way, one engineer told me the wheelbase was too long to be rated under 4500, which is a load of crap. I will have to look into this one, thanks for the info.

Has been some good come out of the experience
I wish I had some hair to grow, I did have hair once LOL

It's a fair job you have done

The rego drams will sort them selves in time, just gotta jump thru the hoops


Paul

Fill, that looks SO GOOD mate, you would'nt call the King you're cousin. That's a winner where ever you take it. Hope you get your rego/ licence sorted & you'll be on your way. Cheers Tim

Even more silly,the crowd I last worked for had a Mazda dual wheel truck with a 14x8 ft tray,and it was rego d as a ute........and the thing regularly carried many tons of stuff about.