roamnshoot
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It does great on the highway now, able to maintain highway speeds and I pop over to the slow lane for climbing hills.
Cummins British Military Expedition Truck
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roamnshoot
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I wouldn't try to register it in Cali. A friend with the exact same truck has his imported from Canada and registered in Washington fairly easily. Most folks register their diesel toys remotely for Montana. You'll seeing old trucks and even super cars with Montana plates driving around Cali.
roamnshoot
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Back in Ventura next week and ready for viewings!
Code Monkey
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In Oregon & WA state, diesels are usually not too hard, with regards to emissions, if they are older - e.g., my '97 Dodge Ram 3500 with 6BT is a Canadian built truck and it has been registered in both WA & Oregon.
However, new restrictions are coming out for metro areas, such as Portland and Seattle, including the counties for those metro areas - as they are wanting to not have diesels in the city.
WA state is really strict about people living in WA but driving/owning vehicles licensed in other states due to the number of people trying to evade the sales tax and annual registration fees - which are heavy. So keep that in mind.
Calif. even more so - a LOT more so.
roamnshoot
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Cool, thanks for the info.
It still sounds like its pretty easy to get these trucks imported and registered if you follow some guidelines (coming from first hand experience from Ben who imported the exact same truck from Canada to WA).
This is a diesel in America discussion more than it is about Welly.
It still sounds like its pretty easy to get these trucks imported and registered if you follow some guidelines (coming from first hand experience from Ben who imported the exact same truck from Canada to WA).
This is a diesel in America discussion more than it is about Welly.
@roamnshoot Nice work! Any chance you'd sell just the box on its own (I've already got a truck I love)? Also, I spend about half the year in Santa Barbara so, howdy neighbor!
Rockymtnyota
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What it the max cruising speed that you are comfortable driving at for long periods of time?
roamnshoot
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I can't do that to Welly! Enjoy!
roamnshoot
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I've driven this rig thousands of KMs and I'm happily cruising at 60 mph, you can definitely pick it up to 65-70 mph but for fuel consumption and ease on the engine I keep it around 60. Haven't had any issues on the interstate. Cruising along with all the other 18 wheelers on the right.
roamnshoot
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Hey there, we did buy the truck from Alex in 2021. No problem at all registering it, it is currently fully paid off, registered and insured. Not sure where that confusion is coming from. We are selling because we want to fund a multi-year Oceania trip.
PiggyBoys3
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Located in Ventura Ca, but still registered in Canada, correct? Or registered in the US?
roamnshoot
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Yes, currently located in California but registered in Canada. Check out borderbuddy.com They charge a $395 to import into the US. Happy to help as we helped get this sorted for another buyer.
roamnshoot
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I might have to import this truck into the states myself for the future buyer and everyone is wary of importing. What do we think?
ExpoMike
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It's out of my price range but if you are looking for a US buyer, having it currently titled/registered in the states is going to go a long way to finding a buyer. Most are not going to want to deal with this and any potential issues. Other issue could be parts availability for the chassis. Not a common rig like a Fuso or NPR. Just my .02 worth. Cool rig!