I'm starting to run out of patience with this whole changeover thing. What should have been an easy swap over is becoming somewhat complicated thanks to the bureaucratic weenies who invent laws just to prove they were not looking at TradeMe or porn. I suppose it makes sense, in an over-regulated red tape sort of way, but it is still bugging me. Here's the thing. I cant just drop the body on the back of the truck, bolt it down and then trundle happily off in to middle distance. There is going to be a change in registration from 'light truck' to either 'camper', 'motor home' or 'motor caravan'. I have no idea how you tell them apart, but no doubt there is a complicated way of working it out, most likely with me having to pay for it. Almost for a certainty if I just went ahead it would not be certifiable, tho I'm starting to think I maybe.
I've been talking to a few different people about this, I have as many different opinions, and it would seem, all spurious. That's the definition of a free opinion I guess.
So today I went and saw the guys at a truck fixing and modifying shop who are also certified to provide certifications (pardon?) When it turned out I wanted to do the change and just get it certed, they in turn put me on to another chap who is also allowed to certify but works for himself. A conversation with him on the phone and now he's coming to see me at home, look the truck(s) over and tell me what I actually need one evening this week as he can fit me in.
After that (insh'Allah!) I SHOULD be able to (finally) get my act together, pull my head from my butt with a resounding pop and make the change. Of cause if I had the scratch to spare I'd have left both at the truck place and told them to give me a ring when it was done. That would have been nice....
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