Wide Delivery Van. Legal ba?

**ronw123w124** · December 14th, 2013 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by hellboy

The owner of the said L300 van is selling styrofoam ice chest,their office is located at an old house beside riena regente bridge.
btw, hindi isa ang L300 long body van nila. minsan 3 yun naka park beside their office address.

Nakita ko lang yan one time several years ago when I was doing some Christmas shopping in the area.

**number001** · December 14th, 2013 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by hellboy

The owner of the said L300 van is selling styrofoam ice chest,their office is located at an old house beside riena regente bridge.
btw, hindi isa ang L300 long body van nila. minsan 3 yun naka park beside their office address.

They actually store these vans in a warehouse in Malabon Acacia. JT Plastics.

**nori** · December 15th, 2013 01:33 AM

Originally Posted by vinj

^ Very unstable and mga ganyan. If the rear cargohold is wide, why not just go for a wide body cab and chassis as well? My guess is they do that do avoid the truck ban (narrow chassis with 4-wheels vs. wide chassis with 6 wheels).

add to that smaller engine displacement, smaller tires. nu pa ba...

**ghosthunter** · December 15th, 2013 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by vinj

^ Very unstable and mga ganyan. If the rear cargohold is wide, why not just go for a wide body cab and chassis as well? My guess is they do that do avoid the truck ban (narrow chassis with 4-wheels vs. wide chassis with 6 wheels).

Partly yes. The truck ban affects six wheelers and bigger trucks. Four wheeler trucks are just affected by the traffic coding. If you have to run a business, you will have to be creative with the stupid laws in the country.

**Dark Lord** · December 15th, 2013 10:48 AM

rule of thumb is 8ft wide for trailer chassis with container box.anything above it is considered illegal. siguro they are taking advantage of that gray area that if it is 8ft it is ok notwithstanding the type of vehicle.

Originally Posted by weewee

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Street Legal ba yung ganito kalapad na Delivery van? Di na kita ng driver ang nasa part ng likod nya at gilid. Mas malapad pa yung cargo area nya sa nguso ng van

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**userfriendly** · December 15th, 2013 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by ghosthunter

Partly yes. The truck ban affects six wheelers and bigger trucks. Four wheeler trucks are just affected by the traffic coding. If you have to run a business, you will have to be creative with the stupid laws in the country.

Yup you have to be creative. Good thing in Metro Manila the truck ban is consistent that a truck has to weigh 4500 kgs or more to be affected by the ban.

In Batangas, there is a town that implements a truck ban that affects delivery trucks weighing 3800 kgs or more regardless of the number of wheels. Was surprised when our truck was apprehended bec it was a 4 wheel local mitsu canter weighing 4200 kgs. tried to contest but found out that it is a local ordinance or something to that effect. So we now use L300 vans for deliveries to that town.

**CLAVEL3699** · December 16th, 2013 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by userfriendly

In Batangas, there is a town that implements a truck ban that affects delivery trucks weighing 3800 kgs or more regardless of the number of wheels. Was surprised when our truck was apprehended bec it was a 4 wheel local mitsu canter weighing 4200 kgs. tried to contest but found out that it is a local ordinance or something to that effect. So we now use L300 vans for deliveries to that town.

OverLoad ang violation?

**userfriendly** · December 16th, 2013 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by CLAVEL3699

OverLoad ang violation?

Truck ban daw. Not overload. The truck's registration papers shows gross vehicle weight of 4200 so its in violation of their local truck ban ordinance. The GVW is also printed on the side of the truck.

**ghosthunter** · December 17th, 2013 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by userfriendly

Yup you have to be creative. Good thing in Metro Manila the truck ban is consistent that a truck has to weigh 4500 kgs or more to be affected by the ban.

In Batangas, there is a town that implements a truck ban that affects delivery trucks weighing 3800 kgs or more regardless of the number of wheels. Was surprised when our truck was apprehended bec it was a 4 wheel local mitsu canter weighing 4200 kgs. tried to contest but found out that it is a local ordinance or something to that effect. So we now use L300 vans for deliveries to that town.

But given the light duty design of L300, wouldn't the L300 need more maintenance when used as a daily delivery truck?

**ghosthunter** · December 17th, 2013 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by userfriendly

Yup you have to be creative. Good thing in Metro Manila the truck ban is consistent that a truck has to weigh 4500 kgs or more to be affected by the ban.

In Batangas, there is a town that implements a truck ban that affects delivery trucks weighing 3800 kgs or more regardless of the number of wheels. Was surprised when our truck was apprehended bec it was a 4 wheel local mitsu canter weighing 4200 kgs. tried to contest but found out that it is a local ordinance or something to that effect. So we now use L300 vans for deliveries to that town.

But given the light duty design of L300, wouldn't the L300 need more maintenance when used as a daily delivery truck?