Model Panzer tank is made from a generator
Just put a slow-moving vehicle sign on this, and it's good to go. Will Foster made a half scale Panzer tank for playing paintball. He recycled a broken generator he got from his part time job, and turned it into this. He drives it around his parents neighborhood, obviously scaring the locals. Via Geekologie.
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Apr 10, 2008 07:00 PM
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Posted by: CRS on April 10, 2008 at 11:46 PM |
Where did that come from? Street legal??? Nope, not without a VIN, DOT requirements (list as long as your arm) for motor vehicle, legal vehicle registration... and the list goes on...
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Posted by: Becky Stern on April 10, 2008 at 11:59 PM |
Ok, I give, I give, I just got excited is all. =]
| Posted by: listen closely on April 11, 2008 at 10:40 AM |
Listen to the video; it's street legal as a tractor. Also remember that road legality laws vary by state.
| Posted by: Jonathan on April 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM |
When he got out of the tank at the end and pulled out his keys I thought he was going to turn on a car alarm of some kind. That would have made my day.
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Posted by: CRS on April 13, 2008 at 8:59 AM |
Well, the reason tractors are legal on the street, is that 99.9% of the time they are off road, but .1% of the time they need to road them to a field or ajacent farm, or in town to service. Registration is dis-allowed for this occasional WORKING NEED.
Joyriding isn't a need. You'd get ticketed for joyriding a tractor in the streets, as well as this. Trust me, I have law enforcement in my family, AND I live in Wisconsin.
| Posted by: listen closer... on April 14, 2008 at 1:40 PM |
...is this tank in Wisconsin?
Otherwise I would say your "expertise" is pretty invalid unless you are a traffic lawyer/judge.
In Pennsylvania there are all kinds of slow moving vehicle classifications, based on the Amish not using fast vehicles.
As I said, laws vary by state and there's very little to
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