Street Legal HMMWV
OK people, since the DoD has decided to auction some of its “fine” HMMWV’s to the general public, there are many Humvee enthusiasts out there that have been asking how and if a HMMWV can be made street legal. We know, we know; the agreement you sign to buy one states that the buyer agrees that the HMMWV is an off-road vehicle, but alas, we all know what the real world translation to that is: is it possible and under what circumstance?
That’s where all of you HMMWV, Hummer, and Military truck enthusiasts come in!
Given that we like the HMMWV (a lot) at www.hummersurplusparts.com, we have been discussing many of the finer points of this subject as we sort, list, and photo our loads of surplus, and we know many of you are doing the same exact thing. Why not put your 2 cents in and leave a comment or two (do keep the comments on subject and relatively clean; oil stains acceptable).
As a start, our warehouse HMMWV enthusiasts pretty much concur that any interested HMMWV owner (who was lucky enough to nab a sweet HMMWV at auction), should start by familiarizing themselves with their state’s Department of Transportation/DMV requirements for a “road worthy,” street legal vehicle (yes, we know, HMMWV’s are the essence of such a statement, but due to the bureaucrats and safety-mongers, the situation is what it is). We figure once that list of “essential equipment” has been acquired (and it most certainly will vary by state), the lucky owners can then start that major undertaking of satisfying the paper-pushers in order to put that HMMWV to good work clearing the roads of enemy combatants (or at least waiting in traffic with all of the non-military vehicle drivers).
We will be conducting our own research into the possibility of a street legal HMMWV in the next few weeks/months, so be sure to leave a comment, opinion, or question. Hopefully, once our warehouse team gets this question answered, they can return to work and stop all the mindless searching on their cell phones and office PC’s.
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