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PostSubject: How To Own. A Semi & Drive It With A Normal Drivers License & Insurance    How To Own. A Semi & Drive It With A Normal Drivers License & Insurance  EmptyThu Apr 05, 2012 1:56 am

i purchased a Kenworth T2000 over the road semi tractor about ten years ago.

I really really really wanted a diesel pusher motor home. Majorly wanted one. However, the only thing stopping me was I already worked fifteen hours a day paying for my toys. Plain and simple, I could not REALY afford one. not one like I wanted.

I did lots of head scratching, and realized what I could afford was not a diesel pusher, but a diesel puller.

A friend had a Kenworth he wanted to sell, but to drive it I needed a commercial drivers license. Something I did not want to bother with, or have the hassle of.

I did some homework, and I determined my state allowed one to have a semi, school buss and a few other vehicles, licensed as motor homes.

I got the proper paper work, made some modifications (minor) and I now have a diesel puller motorhome. It will pull 80,000 pounds up mountains, quick.

What it does not do well, is conserve fuel. I had mine retuned for 20,000 pound trailers, and it still only gets 6.6 mpg.

However, it is a swell ride, that will pull anything I want to hook up to, and there is always two beds, a fridge, stove, head handy.
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