My brother is in the logging business. He has a truck that has a log loader on it and he's getting tired of buying tags for it because he only moves it about once every couple of months from job to job, usually only 30 miles at most.
The setup is right at 13'6" so hauling it wouldn't be easy even with permits, lots of his jobs end up on back roads with all kinds of overhead obstructions. What he's thinking about doing is just adding a towbar and pulling it with his log truck over the road. Could he get by with trailer tags on the loader truck if he only pulls it over public roads?
Towing a truck
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by m16ty, May 28, 2016.
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Now THATS a good question!
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I'm going to assume that he can't, because I've never seen any type of self-propelled vehicle being flat towed without plates on it, with the exception of cars being hauled to an auction, which I believe get an exemption, being dealers...
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Im guessing you you have a rig like this. Ive seen them towed around northeastern Washington state. Not sure how legal it is but a quick call to local state DOT officer would be a good first step.
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Yes, it's like the one pictured above.
I figure he would have to call TDOT but was just throwing it out there to see if anybody had ever ran into this.
Logic would say it's now a trailer and would only need trailer tags but somehow I don't think the officer is going to see it that way.
He has thought about just putting the knuckle boom loader on a trailer but once they get to the job, you can maneuver a truck mounted loader much easier on the tight logging roads. -
Actually, it would be more like construction equipment, like a crane, a cement mixer, that sort of thing. Not a trailer.
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