Is Your ATV Used As A Toy Or As A Work Vehicle? |
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Jimmy Woodall
6 December 2009
How often is your ATV used? Seem like that is all that is moved at our place, and that is a good thing, as the fuel costs are much lower on the ATV than any other vehicle we own. I sort of like that somehow it gets a lot of use.
In case you are unaware, the term ATV can mean a wide array of vehicles used for play, farming, ranching, most anything you can think of.
With the most dangerous ones being the three wheelers, Big Red I believe it was called. None the less it was a very dangerous vehicle that would flip over very easily. The four wheelers flip also, but not as bad as the three wheelers.
Some models have more than enough room to carry 4 or 5 people if it has a platform. A lot of the ones used on the farms have a good sized platform built on to where they can carry 4 or 5 bales of hay to livestock that might end up stranded to where nothing else is able to reach them except for the four wheeler.
There are all different kinds of tires and wheels that are used, some for racing others for going through the mud, some for the highway. We must really be careful, most all of them are very prone to accidents.
You can get going much too quick before you realize it and that is the main reason we have to make sure the beginners are well trained in order to keep them out of the serious accidents.
Some persons have a tendency to forget that in many states the dealer is not allowed to deliver the vehicle to you unless you have an exemption of some sort or the other.
The law is that the ATV must be registered in most locales before you are allowed to take it home.
However in lots of areas they have farm exemptions, as well as exemptions for other reasons. The bill of sale must also State whether the ATV is a new one or a used purchase.
Most states require verification that the dealer has collected the sales tax necessary at time of sale. Some states require riding courses for minors under age 16, but not all.
If you get caught without it then you can expect a heavy fine that will need to be paid before the vehicle is moved again. So have fun and ride a lot very carefully.