Anyone in the Westchester Area?

[silverbk]

I'm in Dutchess (just over the line in East Fishkill), but from Westchester. I have family there and get down there often.

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[silverbk]

Originally Posted by vreihen

With all of the parkways in the Westchester/NYC/Long Island area, it isn't exactly a truck-friendly place to drive.

For those not familiar with the laws regarding parkways, it is illegal to operate a pickup truck with commercial plates on a parkway. DMV will only issue commercial plates to pickups weighing 5500 pounds or more, which includes most of our trucks these days. Therefore, a 15-minute drive to the store can take an hour or more via the truck-legal secondary roads.....

What about Agriculture plates? I have them on my truck. Nobody I ask seems to know. I have yet to be stopped and read the appropriate law. I don't think the troopers want to be stopping all the farmers on the Taconic in Dutchess and Columbia Counties. Where the parkway is literally lined with farms.

For anyone that lives upstate, and can say that they move a few bales of hay, you should get them. They are cheaper and you are exempt from the heavy diesel use tax. These are not to be confused with farm plates, where you are restricted to the farm and nearby.

Also your quote of the law is not accurate, you can get passenger plates if you install seat fittings in the bed or camping equipment in the truck. They will change the pickup to a suburban on the registration. Then you are parkway legal. Some troopers take offense but the rule reads trucks that are legally registered as passenger vehicles are permitted on parkways.

I do not want to nitpick, but I do not want to discourage anyone from moving to NY or buying the truck they want.

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[pipelayer77]

Hey guys I'm for a meet in a month or so when it warms up, I'm up near carmel a bit my girlfriends sister lives there and we visit her alot. Are there any places to get together up there. Keep in touch folks.

[vreihen]

Originally Posted by silverbk

What about Agriculture plates? I have them on my truck. Nobody I ask seems to know. I have yet to be stopped and read the appropriate law.

I have a farmer friend in Dutchess County, who when I asked about this topic told me that he was once yanked on the Taconic going to a car show in a vintage half ton pickup on historic plates.

Originally Posted by silverbk

Also your quote of the law is not accurate, you can get passenger plates if you install seat fittings in the bed or camping equipment in the truck. They will change the pickup to a suburban on the registration. Then you are parkway legal.

Here's the NYS DMV web site containing a description of this law:

NYS DMV - Vehicle Registration - Vehicle Modifications and Registration Class

As I said earlier, downstate NY is *not* a friendly place for heavy duty pickups, which is why the original poster can't find a lot of forum members in his neck of the woods. Do you think it's reasonable to permanently install seats and a cap or a camper onto your pickup just to drive on the parkways where mommy-trucks and Hummers are already permitted?

Originally Posted by silverbk

I do not want to nitpick, but I do not want to discourage anyone from moving to NY or buying the truck they want.

My role in life is to serve as a warning beacon to others. In the case of moving to NY, the state government, insane taxes, and high cost of living discourage people from moving to NY more than anything that I can write. Albany doesn't want us state citizens to have big pickups, because it would make it easier for us to move out of the state.

To quote Billy Joel:

Seen the lights go out Broadway
I saw the Empire State laid low
And life went on beyond the Palisades
They all bought Cadillacs
And left there long ago

Will the last person to leave New York please turn the lights out?????

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[cwkoehler]

Originally Posted by pipelayer77

Hey guys I'm for a meet in a month or so when it warms up, I'm up near carmel a bit my girlfriends sister lives there and we visit her alot. Are there any places to get together up there. Keep in touch folks.

steamfitter?

Im in Carmel born and raised - bro in law owns a PHC shop one town over.

your girl's sister originally from Carmel? Perhaps its a small world

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[pipelayer77]

They grew up in Tappan, they bought a house up there maybe five years ago if even that right off 301 and the Taconic it's actually kent twp where they are. We need to find a place to meet. Unfortunately I live in snottyville down here in Larchmont (most definitely not truck friendly, not only the roads but the people too) so there are not many options down this way for a meet. Oh did I mention that I am one of the poor people that live in Larchmont, so you don't get the wrong impression. have a good day folks.

[pipelayer77]

Hey guys I'm gonna be up in the Carmel area this weekend, anyone wanna get a beer. I'm there all weekend unless something changes.

[cwkoehler]

I can do a beer at a local watering hole. Fiddlers in the route 6 plaza Saturday afternoon (5pm or so)

845-590-2194

chris

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[pipelayer77]

anybody else, I'll be there as far as I know at least for right now. I will call on friday to let you know for sure. Have a great week guys.

[cwkoehler]

had to put in some hours at work and by the time I checked my phone it was 6:50 before I got your message.

Wife then put me to work at home.

my apologies for not getting back to you.

Perhaps the next time you are in carmel area we can go to the watering hole

regards

chris

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[silverbk]

Do you think it's reasonable to permanently install seats and a cap or a camper onto your pickup just to drive on the parkways where mommy-trucks and Hummers are already permitted?

This is an absolute sham an Excursion (with a diesel) is way heavier than a lot of pickups. Pataki had the right idea, but some of these troopers take it too seriously. Another horror story: I had a friend with a brand new Ford crew cab diesel, get yanked on the Taconic by Albany. The trooper stated his truck was too heavy for passenger plates and instructed him to return to DMV and obtain commercial plates.


My role in life is to serve as a warning beacon to others. In the case of moving to NY, the state government, insane taxes, and high cost of living discourage people from moving to NY more than anything that I can write. Albany doesn't want us state citizens to have big pickups, because it would make it easier for us to move out of the state.

Please don't perform your duties too vigorously. I need someone with a big truck to move to NY and buy my house which is smothering me

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[pipelayer77]

Hey guys nice weather huh we have 8" of snow so far and it's still coming down. Hey CW in regards to the other night no harm no foul, we ended up working on the bathroom longer than intended. we ended up at some mexican/ southern place for dinner and a couple drinks but late. Have fun in this weather guys I took the day off not worried about me driving it's everybody else I'm worried about on the roads. start thinkin about a meet guys, theres not to many of us in the westchester area.