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sweet. I'll chat to lance or dave about that. Noticed that the current cert on the rope rails had expired in 2009. Obviously wasnt a concern at the time we took it in for its cof because it was a house then, welded to the deck. The fella at vtnz had told me we could've built the house from balsa wood and glue and so long as it fell within the size constaints and windows were toughened or covered they'd not be fussed- its just a load.

hell- I read that wrong at first and thought you'd typed that dave had knocked up your wife!...

Cheers. Yeah I have used both Lance and Dave for various jobs. Both are really good to work with. I have contacted Lance but waiting for him to get back to me.

yeah but we have no intention on ever building a 'real' house. Most likely always going to live in a housetruck because we just like it. So idea is to build a different styled house to suit this location. Truck will be turned around this time so the back end will be facing north and get the all day sun. Open plan living at that north end with a full slide round wall to open it up. The west facing side will slide out almost the full length by 2 metres so making for a 4.5m width most of the way down. Its gonna be a fun build and I'm bloody excited. I reckon I probably can get an exemption from having to get a certificate of law and knowledge because the truck will really only be used for very occasional use.

Yeah for buses that's the case. But not on housetrucks with separate cab and no access to the back. And it only has a bed for two (three if you include the cat...

sweet. Cheers. Now I can see why small trucks under 6000kg are so popular....

yeah that would be sweet. I might well pop into VTNZ on Pascoe street and ask them too.

Fuck me- what a bloody (expensive) ballache a TSL license is.... https://www.nzta.govt.nz/commercial-driving/transport-service-licences/goods-service-licence/ Bugger that.

Sweet Steve- good info right there! Cheers very muchly So yeah.. I think we will just have to build a deck and get it certed. Costs for deck cert I have no idea ? so I'll have to look into that. Its all part of the equations we need to suss out so we can set on a price. We are keen on keeping this truck because we know it well, its solid as and had a full engine rebuild to the tune of 10k by TSN in Nelson. Its a good truck. Plus getting a similar 5m wheelbase truck, on the road aint that cheap. It seems that even old trucks hold their prices if in usable good condition.

Question time. We have some friends local to us who are keen on buying the house part of our housetruck. This suits us and them because they dont need the truck and we want to keep the truck so we can build another house that better suits the location its parked in. So the basic plan would be something like this. I add some removable legs to the underside of the deck. We trundle the truck to their property, park it on the spot they intend to have it, unbolt and jack the body up and then drive the truck away. Go for a hoon, do some skids and make the most of the now lightweight racetruck. My questions are... Can we take the truck for a COF without a deck ? I presume we can but imagine things like the rear wheels having covers are needed? We would plan to build a new deck and then the next house is removable off the deck thus allowing us to take the truck for hoons/use it to take the rubbish bag to the end of the drive/go do the weekly shop etc. What is the deal with building your own deck. I'm aware that rope rails etc have to be certified. But what of a simple deck without them? Quite excited about prospect of new house build but not going to count our kittens until they have hatched. Need to settle on a price etc that suits us all so its not a given. But knowing what we can and cant do with respects to building a deck etc so we can factor it in. Oh and also- its currently registered as a motorhome. This would now mean fitting seatbelts for next cof (not hard because there's most of the mounts in there and I can add the rest if need be. I have done loads of certed seat mounts in vans/trucks but the cert cost is pretty steep even through the fella I use) If we change the rego back to being a truck is there any benefit? I can't remember exactly the reason we had changed it to motorhome way back then. Possibly it was cheaper rego/rucs?

Is there a big following for fbs in Canada eh?

a bit like this lovely lady did, but only with much better style.... edit; the words that came out of her mouth when she caught me taking the photo....wow. Kevin bloody wilson would have blushed!

The painter at my old workplace bought my 12a turbo from my Viva to fit into his Anglia. He's still whittling away on that. I think he's going to go injection and get Stuart Bubb to give the engine a tickleup.

Thread dredge @mattj Hannah saw an anglia, with what she was pretty sure sounded like a rotary engine, when she was running in Kaiteriteri today. Was it yours Matt?

Ohhhhh ok then..

What @nzstato needs is some Barry mounts!

I must add that it took me like three hours to finish the shading on the upper lip. It probably my best drawing ....

Yeah I like these. Nice selection sir. One of the better modern wagons out there imo. I'd also like an original low mileage mint first gen subaru legacy turbo wagon (or sedan) like what used to be everywhere, popular at skifields. Saw a minter black sedan in Nelson the other day. Noice! I can't remember the last time i had seen one.

Like maybe i could weld several old push mowers with the front of their guards removed onto it eh?....

I see that. But I shall pretend I didn't see it and continue on with the many numerous unfinished projects I already have. How very un-oldschool of me....

Its lovely... However getting anything other than an alaskan mill up to the trees in question is a very hard ask. But i do know a local with a boat that might be interested in that engine!

With ample sawdust for mopping up after engine blowups.

oh swoon Yeah the neighbours over the road would love that....

Biggest ones will all be poisoned and what we've done already are falling apart. Already heaps more light and little natives springing up all over the place as the last ever round of pine needles rots away. Its magical and every tree i see dead is a whole lot of time i can put towards more important things..like building cabins and a replica toyota TS020 for doing the shopping in.

Make it so it cookie cuts a star in one go. Then they'll look cool and stack nicely. But mainly because you'll have an excuse, as kk hinted, to run something like a 18 litre v16 detroit 2 stroke.