CDL requirements
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kenny thomas
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If you haul equipment, hay, grain, cattle or any other farm products for yourself over 150 miles you need to read this. This originated during the Obama Era but now going into effect.
J+ Cattle
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They talk about a 150-mile radius safe zone around your farm or ranch but what if you have more than one farm or ranch that are 100 miles apart? Is it 150 miles around either location?
callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
Within that 150 mile radius both truck and trailer have to be farm tagged. Either one not and your in violation. And of course if you use a farm tagged truck or trailer for non farm use that's a violation..
greybeard
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As I understand it, the address that is on your lic is the point from which the 150 miles radiates, but it may well be the address that is on the vehicle registration too.
chaded
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Did you have a link with that information? I couldn’t find anything on that.
callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
Maybe later I'll do your homework.
But I'm sure of it as I reclassified trucks and trailers a year ago to be compliant.
If you're rig is in cdl requirements{more than 26,000} even if empty. you either have to have a CDL or farm exemption. If you're pulling a 16' trailer with a f250 your not in CDL.
chaded
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You were almost right. It’s a f350 with a 16’ trailer. :LOL: So this doesn’t apply to me then. I was starting to panic a little although as much as my trailer sits I would be better off hiring someone to haul my cattle anyways…
callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
You might check. My 3500 with a tandem axle equipment trailer and 7000 pound axles is over 26000. If you have lighter axles your good. Add the gvw of the truck and trailer. It's one of those deals you probably won't have a problem until you run into the right trooper. Then it'll be a big problem.
J+ Cattle
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Just another example of regulations that turn the working class into criminals while true criminals are not prosecuted for their crimes of theft, looting, drug dealing and prostitution.
kenny thomas
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I'm not sure with the new rules whether the 26,000lb matters as much as the farm use. Virginia HB179 just passed this week requiring you to get any farm use placards from the DMV. That will require proof of farming and proof of insurance to get them.
I'm not 100% sure how it works, I think your on the right track it's capacity to haul more then actual weight. A lot will be in the same position I'm in I can be in two different states and still be within 150 mines of home and still not be able to drive to the other side of my home state within that circle.
callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
Nothing to do with wieght. Cdl requirements are based on total gvwr.
If empty with a rig with over 26000 combined gvwr you need a CDL or a exemption.
kenny thomas
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DOT gives us a fit already going into KY. They say we need a DOT number no matter the load. The judge throws most of them out but that's a day of going to court.
TN is usually not a problem. I'm 5 miles from TN and haul cattle there all the time. 20 miles from KY avoid KY.
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callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
It's damn sure aggravating to spend a pile of money on new trailers with more axle than you need in an effort to be safe and shoot yourself in the foot. The way the laws are set-up your better off with a lightweight utility trailer overloaded. I don't get it.
Dave
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It varies a lot by state. In Washington anything capable of being over 16,000 lbs has to have a DOT number physically posted on the vehicle. Anything ag did not require a CDL. But if it is not ag and capable of hauling 16,001 you have to have a CDL. No farm tags required. Farm tags are only good for about 50 miles, no renewal, and are generally for the old beater farm truck. I can drive as far from home as I want with normal plates pulling a trailer with a DOT number on the pickup.
In Oregon you can get a ag exempt CDL. I have one on my driver's license. I can drive a semi as long as I am hauling ag products. In order to haul my stock trailer I had to get farm plates. To do that I had to have a DOT number but don't have to post the DOT number on my vehicle. At license renewal for the pickup I have to supply my insurance policy number.
In Oregon you can get a ag exempt CDL. I have one on my driver's license. I can drive a semi as long as I am hauling ag products. In order to haul my stock trailer I had to get farm plates. To do that I had to have a DOT number but don't have to post the DOT number on my vehicle. At license renewal for the pickup I have to supply my insurance policy number.
Sounds like I am gonna have to start studying. While it is aggravating and a pain in my arse it is probably a good thing. They have been cracking down on farm tags lately and they should. Also got a lot of trucks now pulling a lot of weight and half of them cant drive a lick.
Any idea when this kicks in?
