Registering in NY - Passenger or Commercial?

[Crash55]

This has probably been covered before but I didn't find it right away so I thought I would ask.

I am picking up my new Avalanche tomorrow form an out of state delaer so I will need to register it at the DMV myself. How do I make sure I get passenger and not commercial plates? I am looking at the MV82 and am unsure whether to check pick-up or suburban.

What is the "unladen" weight of the Avalanche? I know that isn't the same as the GVWR because I placed that on an MV-82 when I registered my old pick-up and the guy at the DMV changed it.

Any help would be appreciated. I need to drive the Taconic now and then so teh passenger plates would be a great help.

 

[baddawgxl]

im in upstate ny and the dealer registered mine as suburban . passenger plates . not a pick up.

 

[Conman20000]

Mine is registered as a Suburban as well(what NYS calls an SUV BTW). BTW the sticker on the door classifies the AV as an MPV(aka SUV) not a pickup. Mine is an 1500 AV but I don't know if the 2500 AVs qualify as well.

I picked the AV cause of this reason. I wanted a 1500 Crew Cab Pickup but could not get passenger plates and that would be a bear driving around here. I've seen lots of crew cab pickups with pass. plates but the dealer tells me they can be pulled over and fined for being registered wrong. I've heard a few reports of this happening.

Goto Chevy's website to get the weight numbers you want.

Good Luck,
Con

 

[docopharm]

I wanted a 1500 Crew Cab Pickup but could not get passenger plates and that would be a bear driving around here.

You guys have made me curious now. What's the difference btwn the two plates? Higher tax on trucks? Tolls? Parking? Just wondering....

 

[Conman20000]

You guys have made me curious now. What's the difference btwn the two plates? Higher tax on trucks? Tolls? Parking? Just wondering....

Biggest difference is what roads you can legally drive on. Commerical plates you cannot drive on parkways which is about half the highways where I live. Also on the Interstate Highways, with commercial plates your not suppose to use the left most lane as well. Plus you can't leave a commercial plated vehicle overnight on certain towns streets and roadways. What I've been told this was around to keep commercial traffic off certain roads and the parking is leftover from the "blue laws"

About the only advantage on commerical plates is that you can park/stand on certain New York City Streets if you have company lettering on the side of your door and actively loading and unloading

Cars and MPV(aka suvs, vans with rear seats and rear glass, etc) get passenger plates
Light trucks and up(including vans without rear seats and rear glass) get commercial plates no matter if it's personal or business owned/used.
There is an exception for light trucks weighing under 5,000 pounds you can opt for passenger plates and allowed on parkways, but you still not suppose to use the left lane on highways. Pretty much the largest light truck you can register this way is a 1/2ton ext. cab.
There is another exception for heavy pickups if you get a bed cap and add permamant camping/seating equipment.

NYS DMV info on this:
http://www.nysdmv.com/register.htm#pickup
http://www.nysdmv.com/forms/mv114.pdf

before the AV I owned two Pickups so I've learned about the laws here. Def. not a pickup friendly state. My friend who lives in upstate NY bought a SuperDuty and had to get Comm. plates. It's not an issue where he lives as there is very few restricted roads there so it's a non-issue for him.

That should be it in a nut shell.

Cheers,
Con

 

[MisterScott]

Good thread. I went from a F-250 Super Crew to the AV, but in Connecticut they told me I still had to get the combination plates. I was very bummed about this. I got pulled over the Hutchison River Parkway with my Ford, but the cop was cool and didn't give me a ticket. I've finally said "Screw It" and just drive on them in NY. In Connecticut, the rule is vehicles with GVW under 7800 pounds can drive on parkways. I see duellies on the Merritt all the time cruising away and have never seen one pulled over, though NY seems much more anal about. I even went to the DMV and tried to change my plates. They said no way. It has to due with the amount of cargo space versus passenger space. I was a little miffed, but arguing with DMV people is like arguing on the Internet.

 

[Crash55]

Thanks for the replies. Could one of you registred in NY please do one more thing for me? Look at your registration and tell me what it says for weight. That should be the unladen weight and it shouldn't vary much from one 1500 to another.

I just picked the truck up yesterday and am still drooling over it. Time to go outside and play with all the different stuff.

 

[Conman20000]

Thanks for the replies. Could one of you registred in NY please do one more thing for me? Look at your registration and tell me what it says for weight. That should be the unladen weight and it shouldn't vary much from one 1500 to another.

I just picked the truck up yesterday and am still drooling over it. Time to go outside and play with all the different stuff.

Mine says 5762 but that's heavier than what GM states a 4wd 1500 should be. Chevy's website list 5682 so I would use that instead. I think you pay more the more it weighs so I would use the GM website numbers. 2wd is only 5478 and a 2500 is 6685

Cheers,
Con

 

[docopharm]

Def. not a pickup friendly state.

Wow, you're not kiddin' !! Thanks for the info!

 

[cadboy1]

I finally found a supervisor at DMV find me the documents that state the AV and EXT gets passenger plates.  One issued by DMV and the "p" report that the police get saying the same. I got copies of both to go fight my 2 bogus tickets 

 

[newtonewyork]

YOU GO MIKE---Make them eat those two tickets.... 

 

[cadboy1]

YOU GO MIKE---Make them eat those two tickets....?

I almost hope I can get a date and meet the ill informed trooper ball bag that gave me the 2 tickets