Pennsylvania farm tags usage

Unless it’s changed..., it’s agricultural use only and within a 50mile radius of the domiciled farm

 

Oh man. What happened?

 

Yeah a few around here were running interstate claiming it was farm products but they were reported on and the state came down really hard when they were caught in the act loading a trailer up with auto parts,

 

You cannot lend a farm plate (Atleast in Ma) you will need to sign the title over to him so he can title it and get a compliance decal for the plate.

10 air miles of the farm all you need is the decal, no plate, all north east states are reciprocity and I’m pretty sure Kentucky is the first state out that won’t accept a MA F tag

for farm use only as course, however, the farm can lend another person a truck with a farm plate on it is where the grey area comes in,

 

You have 2 options
You sell your brother the truck
Or your brother sells you the farm

 

Titling Registration and Exemption

PA makes it so difficult and cumbersome to jump through the hoops, and adds so many rules that it's practically worthless. I'm sure there's a farm plate somewhere in the state, but I've personally never witnessed one. Usually what I see is someone putting a triangle on the tailgate or writing "farm plate" on a piece of metal and attaching it somewhere.

 

PA issues farm plates to any type of vehicle as long as they meet the criteria which you can find on the DMV website. I worked for many farmers when I was younger and their plates on their personal pickup trucks and tri axles all had plates that started with FM-xxxx and it says "farm truck" at the bottom of the plate. They're exempt from state inspection unless you drive it over the 150 mile radius from the registered farm. Above that they're subject to all rules as a regularly registered vehicle

 

In TN you don’t even have to have a cdl if you run farm plates.

 

don’t need one in MA either