Motor home in NSW is exempt log book requirements (must be registered as a MOTOR HOME also exempt checking stations) With the Safety Cam systems a photo of your number plate will be captured and a cross reference with the relevant jurisdiction records will be instantly completed if the vehicle is not registered as a MOTOR HOME you will receive in the mail a "please explain" and this will be costly...the same if the registration has expired. By the way there is National H/Vehicle regs in force now so with any luck this will hopefully standardise things a little for the heavy vehicle class of vehicles Hope this helps.....
-- Edited by mainworry on Thursday 20th of February 2014 04:32:01 PM
All depends on the GVM of the vehicle also the number of axles to determine the class of licence which is a national one (the same across all states and territories.) Regards and enjoy
Firstly if you bus was originally a bus it will have a compliance plate fitted that starts with M as vehicle ADR category.
Other "registration codes" are for body type I think.
This is from there website: quote
A motorhome includes a campervan and any other motor vehicle specifically designed to incorporate living amenities, cooking facilities and accommodation.
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Your bus, I assume was designed as a bus originally and not a motorhome.
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Firstly if you bus was originally a bus it will have a compliance plate fitted that starts with M as vehicle ADR category.
Other "registration codes" are for body type I think.
This is from there website: quote
A motorhome includes a campervan and any other motor vehicle specifically designed to incorporate living amenities, cooking facilities and accommodation.
Unquote.
Your bus, I assume was designed as a bus originally and not a motorhome.
Missed some off sorry,,,, 2R3 means a tandem axle rigid vehicle (which a bus is technically,,, but with a bus body) and if it is fitted with a road friendly suspension it may be approved for a higher vehicle mass ie GVM,, provided it is operated without a trailer.
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Yes it was a bus but is now a motorhome with all the usual bits and peices so it cannot be regod as a passanger carrying vehicle with a rego code to match but in south australia it does not and now they regod mine as a three axle truck this is the problem it is a three axle motorhome with a gvm over 16500 kgs.
Once we get the bus plated (hurry up DIER!), we can register as it a 6 cylinder vehicle, and pay the same as a 6 cylinder car - around $600 a year I think. As a private bus, it was $1500 per year.
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I live in SA and bought a Winnebago Blaxland motorhome built with an Isuzu truck motor & chassis.
When I purchased it, I was told that it was able to be driven on a car licence and when I checked the plate it was rated just under the 4.5 tonne (4.490 - how convenient). Looking at the vehicle and having been in the heavy vehicle industry most of my life, I had doubts about the weight rating so I took it over a weigh bridge with very little fuel or water, no gear and no people in it. The result was that it was over weight at 4.960 almost empty.
I went back to the place I purchased it from and showed them the weigh note and told them they could either take it back and return my money or have it re - complianced at their cost. They chose the latter at a cost of approx $800. It now has a GVM of 6.200 & GCM of 7.300. Luckily I have a heavy rigid licence because now it requires a minimum light truck licence to drive it and of course the down side of it was that the registration cost more than doubled. I often go to Caravan & Motorhome shows and see these large motorhomes with big signs on the windscreen - "Drive on Car Licence" and I'll bet that most are overweight especially when all the tanks are full and all the gear is loaded on. I suppose it makes motorhomes are easier to sell if you only need a car licence.
In SA I'm pretty sure you don't need an arctic licence to drive a large bus/motorhome towing a trailer. I used to drive a 49 seater coach occasionally with a trailer and it didn't require an arctic licence. Of course that was while ago and they might have changed the rules since then as they do from time to time.
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