Folks, I just got this in the Pinzgauer list. Watch out for your fording kits!!!
Dick
Willem-Jan Marker>
> For all offroad friends, in particular Minnesotans, time for you to
> stand up for your rights.
> Speak up now, or be silent on this topic forever.
>
> And while it might seem to affect only Minnesota, please realize that
> this could set a nasty precedent for other US-states.
>
> Complete background story, first posted 20 march 2004, been running
> on several (Land Cruiser related) mailinglists since:
>
>
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> Below first the final plea, from Alex Woodmansee, the lady who has
> spend tons of hours fighting this bill the polite way, to contact the
> senator who created this lunacrous proposition:
> (note that the last reactions from his office imply that the senator
> has NO interest in changing the current wording at all (despite what
> he told before, the bastard!), so the polite game has ended; not only
> contact his office by all possible means, but Minnesotans should
> their own Minnesota senator, to oppose this bill as strongly as
> possible)
>
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: "woodmansee"
> Subject: [DTLC] snorkel ban help
> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 08:19:12 -0600
>
> all right, i am starting to get scared now, i am begging everyone, i
> don't care where you are, to e-mail Senator Frederickson
>
> snipped-for-privacy@senate.mn
>
> or call and leave a voice mail (651) 296-8138
>
> and ask that he do a line item delete on his snorkel ban language in > SF 2793
>
> thanks
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Last & most important message, falsifying the idea that it would
> affect only non-road-legal ATV's:
>
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> From: "woodmansee"
> Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: [80_usa] (Fwd) snorkel ban help / Minnesota
> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 11:47:32 -0600
>
> okay, here's the whole deal
>
>
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> senate file 2793 chief author frederickson in subdivision 1 section c > reads
>
> "A person may not operate an off-highway vehicle off-road on public
> land or public waters with an air intake pipe that is more than six
> inches above the manufacturer's original air-intake pipe"
>
> in MN an off highway vehicle is defined as an ATV (all terrain
> vehicle i.e. a three or four wheeler like a Honda Foreman, etc.), an
> OHM (off-highway motorcycle), and an ORV (off-road vehicle) which is
> what a land cruiser would fall under.
>
> now, the definition of an ORV is a vehicle licensed under MN statute
> blah blah blah (which means a vehicle that is highway licensed) that
> is then taken off road. so, if there were a toyota corolla that
> wanted to go on a "trail" (NOT a forest road) in a state forest say
> to go berry picking (yes, in MN this is a reality), that corolla then > becomes an ORV.
>
> highway licensed vehicles are NOT exempt from this snorkel ban.
>
> the proposed ban makes it illegal to operate an ATV, OHM, or ORV with
> a snorkel while off road on state lands, not just state forests, but
> any state lands. there are exemptions for those doing utility,
> logging, or farm work and such.
>
> so, i can keep my snorkels on my trucks and be fine as long as i am
> never off road on any state lands with them. otherwise, to be in
> compliance while off road on state lands, i would have to remove my
> safari snorkel from my truck. ya, right, like i can do that.
>
> my three diesel cruisers are daily drivers for me. i put snorkels on
> for all the well known on road reasons. and keep in mind water and
> wetland crossings are already illegal here! but my trucks are also
> my trail rigs and do see trail time anywhere from 5% to 15% of the
> time. this law would force me to forgo a furture or undo a current
> modification that is really designed and used for on road purposes
> only on trucks are on road the majority of the time. most of the
> trucks in MN that have snorkels are also mostly road denizens (land
> rovers). the only trucks that are truly off road only trailer queens
> are some of the suzukis with the RPMs club. so this law is really the
> biggest punishment to people who have highway licensed vehicles with
> snorkels on them for the obvious smart on road reasons who wish to
> take those particular trucks off road from time to time on MN state > lands.
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> And NO, this is NOT a late April Fool's joke.
>
> --
> Bye,
>
> Willem-Jan Markerink
>
> The desire to understand
> is sometimes far less intelligent than
> the inability to understand
>
>
> [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
>
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