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Post Info TOPIC: Making the Move to Texas!


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Making the Move to Texas!


Well we just about done with all of our work to become Texans and so far the process has been rather smooth. Starting with setting up our mail service, that took all of 10 minutes at Escapees Rainbow Park in Livingston. Our next step was securing insurance in Texas for our 4 vehicles. That was a little more cumbersome but in the end we feel that with our truck and trailer insured with National Interstate and our M/C's insured thru Progressive along with an umbrella liability policy we are covered. Once this was in place we took our vehicles to Soda Service Center in Soda, Texas about 9 miles from Escapees on Rt. 190 where they did the inspections in about 20 minutes. We then went down to the Polk County Tax office and registered all the vehicles and registered to vote in all about another 20 minutes. 

 

With all this in hand we finally took the written drivers test for the non commercial class A license at the Polk County DPS/ DL office and passed. Please note that all your are required to do is study Chapter 14 of the CDL drivers manual for the state and that will get you passed. You need 14 out of 20 correct to pass on the multiple choice test.

 

Our road tests are next week and after that wer'all set!

 

Note that with the inspections the folks at Polk County told us that since we are full timers and are out of the state most of the year, when we renew there will be a spot online to self certify your status and a note will be put on your file that your registration is renewed and that when you re-enter the state you will have 72 hours to get the inspection done. Once done the papers will serve as documentation until it shows up in the system which could take up to 48 hours. 

 

You can also renew the registrations and inspections up to 90 days prior to the due date if they are both due in the same month, we will probably take care of that next January after we are done with Amazon in Haslet, Texas before we head out to AZ.

 

Please note that if you are just transferring your titles and registration from another state you do not need to get your vehicles weighed if the weight is on the original title and also there is a one time $90 per vehicle fee in lieu of state sales tax on top of the registrations and titles. 

 

The whole process was painless and the folks at Polk County get it and do help a lot.



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Glad to hear you moved "just down the road" from us. Wait until the first time you pull into a park and are told "there is a neighbor of yours who pulled in an hour ago." We always get a chuckle out of that or the fact that when giving the address the minute you say "Rainbow" they finish wit the zip code for you and ask, what's the number? And remember to practice your y'alls and all y'alls - plus work "fixin' to" into the conversation.biggrin

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Barbaraok wrote:

...And remember to practice your y'alls and all y'alls - plus work "fixin' to" into the conversation.biggrin

Barb


 There is a Texan- English translation book out there so you can learn to use the right words.... "bidness"... I have enjoyed doing bidness with you. or "gubmint"... before going full time, I used to work for the gubmint..... "drug"... look what the cat drug in.  As they say when in Texas, y'all better be fixin' to speak the words right.biggrinbiggrinbiggrin I used to live there (when I first moved to the USA), and they took great pride in ribbing me "aboot" my "canuck" accent... "turnaboot" is fair play.

LOL, Brian



-- Edited by biggaRView on Saturday 14th of March 2015 05:16:33 AM

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Welcome to Texas! 



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biggaRView wrote:
Barbaraok wrote:

...And remember to practice your y'alls and all y'alls - plus work "fixin' to" into the conversation.biggrin

Barb


 There is a Texan- English translation book out there so you can learn to use the right words.... "bidness"... I have enjoyed doing bidness with you. or "gubmint"... before going full time, I used to work for the gubmint..... "drug"... look what the cat drug in.  As they say when in Texas, y'all better be fixin' to speak the words right.biggrinbiggrinbiggrin I used to live there (when I first moved to the USA), and they took great pride in ribbing me "aboot" my "canuck" accent... "turnaboot" is fair play.

LOL, Brian



-- Edited by biggaRView on Saturday 14th of March 2015 05:16:33 AM


 Alright Brian,  I just wrote your name down and put a line through it..........you just joined the list LOL.



-- Edited by el Rojo and Pam on Saturday 14th of March 2015 09:51:27 AM

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Congrats Les and Sue!

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el Rojo and Pam wrote:
biggaRView wrote:
Barbaraok wrote:

...And remember to practice your y'alls and all y'alls - plus work "fixin' to" into the conversation.biggrin

Barb


 There is a Texan- English translation book out there so you can learn to use the right words.... "bidness"... I have enjoyed doing bidness with you. or "gubmint"... before going full time, I used to work for the gubmint..... "drug"... look what the cat drug in.  As they say when in Texas, y'all better be fixin' to speak the words right.biggrinbiggrinbiggrin I used to live there (when I first moved to the USA), and they took great pride in ribbing me "aboot" my "canuck" accent... "turnaboot" is fair play.

LOL, Brian


 Alright Brian,  I just wrote your name down and put a line through it..........you just joined the list LOL.


 I've been trying to make the list for a long time, Yeahhhh!!! Game on, Y'ALL!!!  biggrin



-- Edited by biggaRView on Sunday 15th of March 2015 05:43:01 AM

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Brian, one of these days you, me, LuckyMike and MarkS need to have a campfire. Along with several other characters on this forum!!!!! I bet it would be talked about for a long time.smile

 

 



-- Edited by el Rojo and Pam on Sunday 15th of March 2015 08:57:26 AM

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Count me in!

ON edit: Cindi says, "There will be no  money in the budget for bail money if we get out of hand....LOL"



-- Edited by biggaRView on Sunday 15th of March 2015 09:04:13 AM

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Aw, c'mon Cindi.  No guts no glory!

Y'all come back now, hear!



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If y'all be fixin to get a campfire don't forget some BBQ....bin hankerin for some!

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Dang Texans.

As a former Okie, who will likely always refer to myself as such, the rivalry there is between Texans and us is legendary.  Back in the day, it used to be said that in order to find Texas, one needed to follow Route 66 until you could smell "cow chips," and then turn south until you stepped in it.  Then, you'd be in Texas.

Have you all stepped in it yet?

As for the get together, if you all need someone to moderate you, come to Colorado and I'll join in.

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ROFLMAO.... good one Terrybiggrin



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Brian that was waaaay easier than my Florida experience. Grats!!!

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Don't mess with Texas, y'all! Pat and Charlie K   Bulverde, Texas (just north of San Antonio)



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