Thread: Perentie 6X6 Qld registration cost

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Lengthen one set of suspension arms and shorten the other...

Thats true, but I'd also need to shorten the inter-axle prop shaft. Conversly if I reduce the 4.7 Tonne GVM by 205kg I avoid the heavy vehicle weight tax altogether and the axle spacing is irrelevant for vehicles with a GVM below 4.5 Tonne.

It also saves me $141 in annual registration fees. After all how often do you need to use the whole GVM of your vehicle? Particularly when you can put the 205kg on a trailer and still come in under the GCM (or Gross Train Weight for this vehicle)

There is a registration calculator on the Qld. Transport website.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Thats true, but I'd also need to shorten the inter-axle prop shaft. Conversly if I reduce the 4.7 Tonne GVM by 205kg I avoid the heavy vehicle weight tax altogether and the axle spacing is irrelevant for vehicles with a GVM below 4.5 Tonne.

It also saves me $141 in annual registration fees. After all how often do you need to use the whole GVM of your vehicle? Particularly when you can put the 205kg on a trailer and still come in under the GCM (or Gross Train Weight for this vehicle)

How do you go about registering a 6x6 on a car rego in Queensland?
Chris

Originally Posted by cafe latte

How do you go about registering a 6x6 on a car rego in Queensland?
Chris

Do a bit of googling.
I found this:
List Of South-east Queensland Approved Engineers - Queensland - SAU Community

A word of warning:
I was reading somewhere a few weeks ago where a fellow did this and his insurance and registration became more expensive.
A car rego is on a state system but truck rego is nationally administered.
In his case it would have been cheaper to get a light truck licence.
That might apply to you as well. Do a bit of investigation and get back to us.

The Camper I built on a Perentie 6x6 chassis costs me a total of $1081.50 for 12 months rego including CTP 336.6 Rego $696 .05 Traffic improvement fee $48.85.

Keith