oliviaolivv0101
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Until recently, my dad had a 1969 F-250 and he loved and cared for it. But since he was already very old he wanted to buy another but was still not sure. But recently read Thor Industries reviews and now chooses between several models but does not want to share with me and make a surprise. Dad said that as soon as he bought it, the whole family and I would go on a trip. I'm so curious!
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JRscooby
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specta wrote:I never did get out on the road before I had my license.
Not only would my parents not allow it but if caught by LE Id had to wait an extra year to get my license.
Where I grew up it was legal to run ag equipment on the road without a license, moving field to field. Most of the adults in the area looked at pickup like a tractor, a tool to get the job done. If it was legal for me to take the Jubilee Ford a mile 4 miles to look at the stock in the rented pasture, why not my GMC? I never worried about LEO, if they patrolled anything but highway and in town, I never saw them. OTOH, everybody in the county knew what all the farm trucks looked like, and if anybody was acting stupid the party lines would be snapping, and when got back to house so would the switch. Grandma telling you to spend part of Sunday cleaning Widow Howell's windows because of all the dust you kicked up was pretty bad.
BTW, even now, areas that are mostly farms, a side by side or quad runner is likely to be looked at as ag equipment. The same vehicle, in urban or tourist areas is illegal.
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cummins2014
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JRscooby wrote:specta wrote:I never did get out on the road before I had my license.
Not only would my parents not allow it but if caught by LE Id had to wait an extra year to get my license.
Where I grew up it was legal to run ag equipment on the road without a license, moving field to field. Most of the adults in the area looked at pickup like a tractor, a tool to get the job done. If it was legal for me to take the Jubilee Ford a mile 4 miles to look at the stock in the rented pasture, why not my GMC? I never worried about LEO, if they patrolled anything but highway and in town, I never saw them. OTOH, everybody in the county knew what all the farm trucks looked like, and if anybody was acting stupid the party lines would be snapping, and when got back to house so would the switch. Grandma telling you to spend part of Sunday cleaning Widow Howell's windows because of all the dust you kicked up was pretty bad.
BTW, even now, areas that are mostly farms, a side by side or quad runner is likely to be looked at as ag equipment. The same vehicle, in urban or tourist areas is illegal.
Big reason you could get a drivers license at 15 in Montana, it was intended for the ranch ,and farm kids to be legal, finally ,some were driving the farm or ranch pickups before then ![[emoticon]](https://forums.motorhome.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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specta
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I live in a rural area and I see young ones driving farm equipment on the roads all the time.
I was raised in a big city, well a big city for its time.
Kenny
2011 Chevy 2500 HD 6.0L 4wd
1995 Lance 945 Onan QG 2500 LP
1976 Ford F-250 4wd Mercury Marauder 410 4V
Regular cabs. The best looking trucks.
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cummins2014
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specta wrote:I live in a rural area and I see young ones driving farm equipment on the roads all the time.
I was raised in a big city, well a big city for its time.
Well , if you blinked you’d miss where I was raised in Montana .
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specta
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I was born and raised in SLC.
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cummins2014
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specta wrote:I was born and raised in SLC.
There are worse places, have lived north of there for many years now .
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specta
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cummins2014 wrote:specta wrote:I was born and raised in SLC.
There are worse places, have lived north of there for many years now .
I'll be in SLC most of next week and then every few weeks for quite a while.
I really enjoy my visits because a lot of my best friends still live there. I would never want to move back.
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specta
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Well I haven't done anything to my truck recently other than drive it and put gas and oil in it.
I still have plenty of parts that need to get installed but I've had other things to attend to.
I did get my new license plates today. These are "Special Group Plates".
The group that you select, I selected the Huntsman Cancer Institute because that's where my
cancer treatments are done gets a fee every year when you renew your tags..
They cost an extra $30 annually and the $30 goes to Huntsman for cancer research, all $30.
I have these on all three of my vehicles.
These are also personalized plates also. You can pick up to 5 number, letters or both. I chose these 5 numbers.
According to my Marti Report the truck rolled off the San Jose, CA assembly line on May 10, 1976.
One day ahead of schedule so I guess my truck is a preemie.
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Grit dog
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Where do I get the FJB badges?
2016 Ram 2500, MotorOps.ca EFIlive tuned, 5” turbo back, 6" lift on 37s
2017 Heartland Torque T29 - Sold.
Couple of Arctic Fox TCs - Sold
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