tracked vehicle question?

[jeff davis]

Farmers Rule

[DanJahn]

That's good to hear that the rumors about it getting harder or impossible to get tracked vehicles registered here in BC may be false. Speaking for myself I met a lot of resistance trying to get two halftrack projects registered and that was at the head office level. So I gave up. I know of another person ( no names ) that had a hard time just trying to transfer an already registered tracked vehicle. So it is good to hear that it may only be fear mongering.I guess we won't know for sure until someone gives it a try.

Thank you for everyone's input.


Dan

[Frank v R]

never tell them more than their poor little brains can handle , a Halftrack has 2 drive axles , sounds like a White truck to me, my 2 cents, and Hagerty insures them but make sure you speak only to Hagerty,

[Grant Bowker]

Several provinces (I believe BC, Sakatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec) have mandatory provincially run insurance plans that vehicle owners are required to deal with for basic liability coverage. In these provinces, you only get to chose the provider for optional coverages such as fire/theft/collision. In these provinces, it can be hard to get round the combination of registrar and (basic) insurer combined into govenment staff. As stated above, there seem to be conflicting opinions expressed by different staff and conflicting experience with different offices of the same agencies.
"Restored historic vehicle" has a very diiferent ring to it than "old tank" so a great deal may depend on the sympathy/interest/knowledge level of the person you are dealing with and their reaction to your approach.
If you have knowledge of the text of the acts and regulations, you may be able to lead them to accept your position by being able to show the text that permits them to do what you are asking for. Regulations can be written and interpreted as permitting, restricting or prohibiting activities. Hopefully the "historic vehicle" owners can find clauses in the regulations that permit their intended use rather than meeting staff who quote clauses prohibiting the activity.

[Perry Kitson]

I have been through the registration and insurance thing more times than I care to remember. In Ontario, you can get a registration for almost anything you want, it's getting it plated and insured that is the difficult thing. As soon as an insurance company knows it's an armoured vehicle, they will not touch it, Hagerty included. If you only give them a little bit of information to get it through the insuring process, it's like Charlie says, be prepared to lose your house and all your worldly possessions in the lawsuit that follows if you are ever involved in an accident.

Perry

[Andrew]

Perry, hagerty does insure armor, and yes I have sent them many pictures of my halftrack for them to appraise it, so there is no discrepancies in what it is. They happily insured it, and also told me they have more than a few of them insured in the US. I should also note, dont even bother with the a@@hats at Lant insurance who sell hagerty policies, they said no right off, deal directly with hagerty, thats what i did

Andy

Originally Posted by Perry Kitson

I have been through the registration and insurance thing more times than I care to remember. In Ontario, you can get a registration for almost anything you want, it's getting it plated and insured that is the difficult thing. As soon as an insurance company knows it's an armoured vehicle, they will not touch it, Hagerty included. If you only give them a little bit of information to get it through the insuring process, it's like Charlie says, be prepared to lose your house and all your worldly possessions in the lawsuit that follows if you are ever involved in an accident.

Perry

[charlie fitton]

Give us a name of the agent, then - I'm interested in liability more that replacement, but....

Here's an interesting quote from their page..

" Vehicles must be 1985 or older
Vehicles must be properly garaged
No off road usage
No battle reenactments
Vehicles must be de-militarized (armaments removed or disabled)"

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[DanJahn]

Hi again

Here in BC when you apply for special plate status you are required to send in pictures of the vehicle with the application so the tracks will sort of be obvious. A fellow now working for Hagerty used to be here in BC with ICBC and was very good for the military vehicle collectors.

Dan

[Andrew]

There is no agent name on my paper work, broker is
Hagerty Canada- 800 922 4050. They are in the same building as Lant, but they are a floor above i believe suite 409.

You are correct, they do not insure for anything other than road. All guns MUST be deact to legal standards also, no live guns

Originally Posted by charlie fitton

Give us a name of the agent, then - I'm interested in liability more that replacement, but....

Here's an interesting quote from their page..

" Vehicles must be 1985 or older
Vehicles must be properly garaged
No off road usage
No battle reenactments
Vehicles must be de-militarized (armaments removed or disabled)"

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