Arkansas vs military vehicles

[Welder Sam]

Can anyone tell me abt Arkansas registration and if theres any way around the "b tag" and cdl req for 5t and up? Any and all help would help. Tyvm

 

[ARYankee]

I had no issues with getting my deuce done up. It has antique tags. Not too sure about a 5 ton though. The only advice I can give you is call your local revenue office and speak to the supervisor and explain what you have and what options are there. I will give you an email address for someone that I dealt with at the main office in Little Rock. I spoke with her first, then called my local office and spoke with the supervisor there, that way they had a heads up of what I was doing. I know there are some issues with local offices not having a clue and making misinformed decisions. That was why I contacted the main office in Little Rock. I actually corresponded with 2 people from there and here are their email addresses : Pam.Moore@dfa.arkansas.gov (501) 682-1434

Juanita.Butler@dfa.arkansas.gov


If you need any thing else let me know. Also keep us posted on what you find out.

 

[Welder Sam]

Antique! Awesome! Ive actually spoken with mrs pam and a mrs anita from another dept. They made no mention of antique tags but i didn kno to ask either. I have yet to make my purchase and officially join the brotherhood. However, i am doing all of the recon i can to have an effective strategy in place. Hopefully January will be the month in which i get my deuces home.
Im just curious, more less, abt a 5t. Ill hollar when they start coming in. Ive got big plans... hope they all work!
THANKS!

 

[ARYankee]

Cool!!! I know one of them were the ones to tell me about antique tags. Now you will be limited to carrying less than 1000 lbs. I also have State Farm for insurance. It is a personal commercial policy due to the size of the vehicle. It costs me $180 per 6 months. It gives me the ability to drive it whenever.

When it is time I would recommend possibly going to the main office in Little Rock. I know I still had some issues with the local office but luckily I did my homework and they called the main and got it straight. I know a few others were unable to go antique and their local office gave them regular tags. That is why I recommend doing what I did. If the Arkansas branch of the MVPA wasn't so worthless this wouldn't be such a headache for us. I'm thinking of coming up with a guide for newbies from Arkansas dealing with registration and what not plus I would also like to work with the revenue folks on regulations. Just need a little time

 

[Welder Sam]

1k lbs? Haha i really dont plan to haul but i do plan to crewcab it, and single out the front and 1 rear axle.. i may even drop a 109 box on it and leave it 6x6 if i can get ahold of an m36.. who'd really kno if i did tho..
Benton aint far frm carlisle..
Im already getting the "what are u gonna do with it?" and "can i drive it?"
I asked the local lady, the only person in this office, abt tagging it and she got the most confounded look on her face. Thats y i took up emailing hq and ill follow ur advice by going there.

 

[ARYankee]

Exactly!!! Welcome to the Addiction!!! I got the same reaction from my local office and I get those questions all the time If you are out and about today I'll be at a car show with one of the deuces at the Home depot in Benton. The show is from 11 to 3pm. If not you'll have to come by some time and check out the trucks.

 

[Welder Sam]

Im gettin the wife up now! She does nightshift in the Er. Ill be the fat boy in dcu, cowboy hat with wife n 2 yungins. I WANNA HEAR IT

 

[jasonjc]

The crew cab and bob could get you in troble with the antique tag. It is for a stock vehicle. The only mod aloud are for safty ie set belts, better lights. Now if anyone would know or not. All it takes is one money grubing politician with $$ in his eye to think he is lossing money and we are all screwed. Truck tag would be $500-$1000 a year vs's the $7 for life.

 

[Welder Sam]

Good pt. I think mrs pam said itd run under $150 for the b tag. I dont mind paying a bit to do it right. Idk if ud call it a bob.. if i cat get the 36, ill have toremove the inter ax, thus not change the oa wb. But ill have to have a good shop make a new ds

 

[jasonjc]

The "B" tag for a deuce would at min. 14000lbs is $91.00 and go up from there per 1,000lbs. With a deuce with the 14,000lbs tag you had better not eat a big lunch and go for a drive.

If you tag a 5 ton you will need a "C" tag. Those start at $168.

Yet the biggest RV/motor home you can buy is only $30. How the **** is that fair.

 

[Welder Sam]

I think she said it goes by gvwr so i gave her the #'s frm the data plate that shows it 23,500 approx w/w. At that weight, id have no concerns abt being scaled by hwy patrol id hope

 

[Welder Sam]

Ya know, ive heard of ppl taggin 109's as rv's.. im just not sure that i want the box everywhere i drive it even tho id be an awesome look!

 

[ARYankee]

Yet the biggest RV/motor home you can buy is only $30. How the **** is that fair.

Isn't that why we have the MVPA...? To help with such issues?

 

[ARYankee]

Oh. BTW. It was great meeting you today Sam!!! The great part was that you also got to meet a few other members off here as well. Unfortunately Jim nor me won a trophey

 

[Welder Sam]

That sounds logical! Hey, btw, it was grt meeting u and id like to see ur collection one of these days!

 

[Welder Sam]

Aww u poor thing!! Hahaha i didn even know they did that. Rememvering names kicks my butt tho

 

[Welder Sam]

So... back on topic... we've pretty much ruled out antique tags for me. What other headaches do u fellas in Ar think i could run into? While mrs pam and i spoke, i explained that i plan to make it into a crewcab 4x4 and she said id just have to write a statement detailing what i did and keep reciepts. To estimate value to double tax? Idk. I dont plan to do much more than get it "roughed in" before i re-tag the squisher. As always, advice and oppinions are appreciated

 

[Welder Sam]

Hey fellas, if u dont mind me askin, how does Ar LE handle fuel testing? I know they nail semi's every year for running farm diesel instead of "on hwy use" fuel but if ya dump atf into pump grade fuel, wouldn it appear to be "off highway use only" or farm grade fuel? Knowin my luck ill get stopped by some "officer" thats got the typical "ima cop and ur not" attitude....

 

[ARYankee]

Great question!!! Now I spoke with a highway patrolman a couple months ago and he said that I would have no issues as long as I explain what I use it for and what not. That is running motor oil and anything else I can get a hold of. Now unless it is registered as farm use, you are SOL on using off road.

Keep the questions coming and I hope others jump in as well. I'm going to try and work with the revenue office to find out all I can about the rules and regulations pertaining to MVs. I'm going to try and build a cheat sheet for Arkansas folks. I'm also going to try and attempt to get some more specific laws for us. I'm not going to hose it up like Wisconsin but I would like to do something like FL or TX.

 

[Welder Sam]

Man, ur an awesome source as are the other fellas that have chimmed in! As always, i appreciate ya and keep the info coming! Im sure there is or will be more ppl out there that find yalls posts very helpful, just as i have