DOT number needed?
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kenny thomas
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Yes or so we are told here. Even if you haul your own cattle to another farm you have in a different state.
I'm in VA near both TN and KY. KY is strict on this.
Oh, also health papers are required but not always ask for.
I'm in VA near both TN and KY. KY is strict on this.
Oh, also health papers are required but not always ask for.
I 'believe" anything outside of 100 mile radius.
kenny thomas
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Jeanne - Simme Valley said:
Jeanne, we are being told it's the crossing the state line is the big deal. I'm 8 miles from TN and 25 from KY. TN doesn't bother us but KY is strict. It has almost stopped me from going to sales in KY.
callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
If you're over 26,001 lbs gvwr truck and trailer combined you are required to have a CDL.
Exemption is intrastate transport of farm equipment or goods within 150 miles of home farm. Address where vehicle is registered. And both vehicles must wear farm tags.
Which means you can't use your work rig for a farm rig or vice versa without the CDL
This has nothing to do with actual load weight, that's a separate can of worms.
If you got a dually pick up with a trailer with 7000 pound Axel's you can't legally pull it down the road EMPTY without a CDL.
Exemption is intrastate transport of farm equipment or goods within 150 miles of home farm. Address where vehicle is registered. And both vehicles must wear farm tags.
Which means you can't use your work rig for a farm rig or vice versa without the CDL
This has nothing to do with actual load weight, that's a separate can of worms.
If you got a dually pick up with a trailer with 7000 pound Axel's you can't legally pull it down the road EMPTY without a CDL.
Fence - yes, I didn't remember if 100 or 150 miles.
Soooo many people seem to be in denial of the CDL requirement, but it is fact. You can drive your truck, but once you hook it to a trailer, COMBINED weight of 26,000+ requires a CDL - and this is sticker weight (GVW), not scale weight.
Even more are in denial of the DOT number.
Soooo many people seem to be in denial of the CDL requirement, but it is fact. You can drive your truck, but once you hook it to a trailer, COMBINED weight of 26,000+ requires a CDL - and this is sticker weight (GVW), not scale weight.
Even more are in denial of the DOT number.
callmefence
Keyboard cowboy
Jeanne - Simme Valley said:
Around here if you stay of the highway, have all your lights working they usually look the other way. ..... until they don't...
snoopdog
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Yes, the rules are different for intrastate, and interstate, they are very clear. Is the fine worth the profit? Only you can make that decision.
Like Fence says for around here, mind your business and make sure all your lights work and they will leave you alone. Most of the local cops don't know the regulations and don't care. The highway patrol officers would rather mess with the rock haulers than the farmers.
As mentioned before, watch how many pot loads and goosenecks cross the I35 TX/OK border on any given day. You will see why they don't mess with it.
As mentioned before, watch how many pot loads and goosenecks cross the I35 TX/OK border on any given day. You will see why they don't mess with it.
Same here. We have never pulled into a "truck DOT stop/inspection". Just drive on by - although "by law" we are supposed to stop.
Dave
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It varies from state to state and weigh cop to weigh cop. In Washington I had to have DOT number on the truck if you have the ability to haul over 16,000 pounds. In Oregon you have to have a DOT number to get farm plates but you aren't required to have that number showing. Never stopped at a scale until that 9 months I spent in Goldendale (south central Washington). Drive by that scale shack pulling an empty trailer and he would come after you.
The crazy part is this is only for vehicles which are commercial. And farming is considered commercial. But you can pull the biggest horse trailer in the world stacked full of horses and you are recreation not commercial. No DOT required. Or a monster fifth wheel camp trailer pulled by a dually pickup driven by some old retired guy who never drove anything bigger than a Honda car. No DOT.
The crazy part is this is only for vehicles which are commercial. And farming is considered commercial. But you can pull the biggest horse trailer in the world stacked full of horses and you are recreation not commercial. No DOT required. Or a monster fifth wheel camp trailer pulled by a dually pickup driven by some old retired guy who never drove anything bigger than a Honda car. No DOT.
Yeah, I love the recreational vehicles exempt from our rules. Some of those campers outweigh anything we would be hauling.
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snoopdog
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And literally only require a learners permit with a licensed adult to drive.Jeanne - Simme Valley said:
kenny thomas
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As we have seen here there seems to be lots of different thoughts as to the need. I encourage you to check with your states DOT. We met with our DOT and he was really nice but stressed what the rules were. The KY DOT was on video call and he said if we entered KY with a truck and trailer capable of having a weight of over 10,000 lb that they require a DOT number. But he also stated that if you lived in KY and didn't go out of state that a Farm Use tag would allow 47,000 lb of farm products without a DOT number or anything. CDL license is a different story.
Dave
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Washington and Oregon you don't need a CDL to haul farm products. Oregon you just tell them you want a farm endorsement and they put it on your license. Washington I believe it is a distance from home thing.
And - it keeps changing!!!
