Unfortunately, Mac, you *ARE* being reimbursed for fuel costs. That alone may push you over the edge into commercial territory. For a slightly more extreme example, according to the FAA, a pilot flying a photographer who's being compensated in any way INCLUDING ONLY FILM COSTS is required to have a commercial rating.
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- Thread starter bshaw
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shortxjdoug
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- Chattanooga tn
how long will you be there for?
- Location
- Southwest IN
Through Tuesday morning.
Rev Den
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- Location
- Plainfield, IL
Classes of License:
The Federal standard requires States to issue a CDL to drivers according to the following license classifications:
Class A -- Any combination of vehicles with a GCWR of 26,001 or more pounds provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
From:
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration-licensing/cdl/cdl.htm
As you are a race team that is for profit, even if you are not for hire, you may indeed need a CDL Class A. Being "Not for Hire" does not exempt you from the CDL requirement.
The Federal standard requires States to issue a CDL to drivers according to the following license classifications:
Class A -- Any combination of vehicles with a GCWR of 26,001 or more pounds provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
From:
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration-licensing/cdl/cdl.htm
As you are a race team that is for profit, even if you are not for hire, you may indeed need a CDL Class A. Being "Not for Hire" does not exempt you from the CDL requirement.
discosteve
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- Bedford Indiana
byron, im in gatlinburg too. what a quinky-dink!
the fam dragged me to a little church in the hills of gatlinburg this morning. i had a new respect for indiana because sittin in the back row of the church was a 300lb man eating fried chicken. i LQTM`d
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<grumble> Spent almost 6 hours online troubleshooting an application problem this afternoon, when I should have been brewing beer, doggone it. The network traces are pretty clearly showing application issues, and the developer just isn't listening.
XJ&CHZ4ME
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- Location
- Unionville, MO
had a good weekend, got to see the family (mom and grandma) for mothers day, got to work on the XJ a bit and still had a little time to relax.
XJ&CHZ4ME
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- Location
- Unionville, MO
NOTICE: The required equipment list has been changed. PLEASE take the time to read the changes loacted in the thread located at:
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1033004
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1033004
- Location
- Lafayette, IN
Yea yea, blame the developers.
Oddly enough I'm going through a similar thing, I broke out Wireshark and was able to get the network guys off the hook as it appears to be an application problem. Unfortunately when it's third party and not something I wrote, my hands are more tied than they should be.Awesome... Rev had mentioned at Redbird that some changes might be coming, these are good to see. I am wondering how the insurance+registration requirement will affect things though. Might have people who have attended events in the past unable to do so in the future. Doesn't affect me, just sayin'...
XJ&CHZ4ME
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- Location
- Unionville, MO
Hey Brad, that part was unchanged, it has always been that way. Main changes were the welded tow hooks and the part about winches/gloves/strap or break away cable control items.
Thanks for taking part on the trail clean up. Due to having family in for mothers day and the 14 hour round trip, it was not going to happen this time for me.
- Location
- Lafayette, IN
Oops, guess I never noticed before. I don't think there have been any problems with that anyway.
Been shopping around for a winch weight bag already this morning.
And no sweat on the cleanup, I don't blame you. 14 hours is a lot of driving for a single day on the trails. That's what we get when the MWC land mass dwarfs the Louisiana Purchase.
XJosh95
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- Location
- Green Bay, WI
I am in favor of the rule changes. As we talked about it at Redbird, it was a relief to hear that kind of stuff.
XJ&CHZ4ME
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- Location
- Unionville, MO
I am suprised I did not get a drunken call from you bastages around the camp fire...of course you were probably too busy saying "Man, I am glad that d-bag is not here...how much more time is left w/ him as President of this outfit!?"
Yea yea, blame the developers.
Kinda hard to not blame the developers when this particular aspect of the server hasn't changed since 2003, and the developers had an application change yesterday morning.
It is looking like a buggy 3rd party chunk of code, though.
- Location
- East of Cincinnati
I'm happy to see the clarification on the welded hooks, I know there was some controversy/conflict about the rules on that...
Does the winch weight have to be store-bought?
Or would an old jacket or floor mat still suffice?
Robert
Does the winch weight have to be store-bought?
Or would an old jacket or floor mat still suffice?
Robert
XJ&CHZ4ME
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- Location
- Unionville, MO
Robert, it does not have to be store bought, it just has to be something that will work.
XJosh95
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- Location
- Green Bay, WI
If you wheel in the same trail group as Aaron, you're covered. He's plenty dead weight to hang from a winch cable.
- Location
- Columbus, In
- Location
- Lafayette, IN
As far as the winch weights go... I've seen a lot of people on the trails throwing a jacket or something similar over the line. Is something like that (5 lbs maybe?) really enough weight to deaden the cable in the event of a break?
I honestly don't know. It seems like with a few thousand pounds of tension, you would need a lot of weight to stop it. I have looked around for a chart to show what kind of weight you would need to deaden the line in a particular situation but haven't found anything. Just wondering what the rule of thumb is.
I honestly don't know. It seems like with a few thousand pounds of tension, you would need a lot of weight to stop it. I have looked around for a chart to show what kind of weight you would need to deaden the line in a particular situation but haven't found anything. Just wondering what the rule of thumb is.
