toyota coaster motorhome

Submitted: Monday, Jul 11, 2011 at 19:04

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nowimnumberone

good evening all we are thinking of buying a mid 90s coaster and turning it into a motor home
this is where im getting confused thers heaps for sale and they say they can be driven on a normal car licence (im in vic ans theres vic ads)a normal licence allows you to drive up to 4500kg gvm but a coaster has a gvm of 4990kg.
can you downgrade a gvm or are all the adds fibbing.
thanks heaps for any help

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Reply By: Ozhumvee - Monday, Jul 11, 2011 at 19:39

Monday, Jul 11, 2011 at 19:39

Some have been downgraded to 4490kg and two seats when in motorhome guise and then can be driven on a car licence. Some states like NSW will not accept the downgraded GVM unless it is a grey import.
Be wary though with an aircon version and a full fitout inc extra fuel tanks there is not much load capacity with a 4490 gvm.

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Follow Up By: get outmore - Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 14:10

Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 14:10

should also be able to register them as a mobile caravan and not have to pay comercail vehicle rates
- personally i would look round for one already done

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Reply By: Madfisher - Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 13:47

Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 13:47

Might be easier to just upgrade your lic to light truck, plus you never now when it will comer in handy.
Cheers Pete

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Reply By: Member - Noldi (WA) - Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 14:16

Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011 at 14:16

Some site where conversions have been done,

http://cuppa500.com/Home.html

http://longlucas.bravehost.com/fitout.html

Yes 4500kg is the magic number,need to stay below this. Not sure about other states but in WA you need to re register the vehicle as a motorhome and get it weighed

Good luck, its fun and frustrating at the same time

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