got a tiket for hauling over size hay!!!!!

As a farmer lets correct this assumption.......

I can travel within 150 AIR miles of my farm with no CDL while staying within my home state, regardless of what I am hauling. I do need a farmers or ag endoresement for this. If the hay is for sale the truck does have to a DOT #. If I leave the state, I must also have a CDL.

Lets see how this stirs the pot..........if I am not selling anything and everything I haul belongs to me, I can drive a truck accross coast to coast legally with no DOT#, no CDL, and I dont even have to run a log book.

 

Thats funny, come to Childress, tx with no cdl(or anything else Mr. Farmer) ,and see what happens!

 

The Louisiana highway department has loosened its restrictions on load width to accommodate them.

Transport Topics 9/12/11, page 20.

 

Close, but no cigar! It's actually 3 inches, and it's pretty clearly spelled out what can be in those 3 inches. It's basically safety and securement devices. So even though your overall width may be 108", you can be cited for overwidth if your load measures 104".

 

And here they are stealing hay..sheeshh

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/09/22/hay-the-latest-target-for-thieves-as-prices-skyrocket/

 

I can't believe that hay is selling that high. You would think that they would be paying much higher rates to haul it with the value up so much.

 

Been there loudmouth! I am speaking from experience. Even got stopped at the scales because I had zero markings on the truck. After 30 minutes I was free to go.

 

only farmers hauling stuff for themselves with farm tags are exempt from most regs

 

Which is exactly what I was and what I was trying to say although you do not have to have farm plates for this. Non commercial truck plates are available and will avoid the confusion over if you have the intent to sell the stuff you are hauling.
This is different from the 150 air mile regulation that allows farmers ro haul stuff for sale within their home state that is for sale.
My experience took me from Michigan to Texas back up to Nebraksa, through Colorada and over through Utah up to Montana and back across the Dakotos to Michigan. All with no CDL, no DOT #, and no log book. This was in an International 9307 with a 48' van drop deck hauling my own horses.
I researched this thoroughly before leaving and consulted my state DOT. I was prepared with printed regulations at every scale house I got stopped at. Some states hit me with a fuel tax permit which I argued against stating that I did not fall under any more regulations than the family travelling through the state in a station wagon. Upon my return and a few letters, every single state returned the money I paid.

 

I was told by USDOT that upon crossing state lines, I was under interstate commerce and accountable to USDOT. I was cited for no medical card, no DOT#, and later on failed a USDOT audit for not being in a drug consortium on that trip. I was running non commercial tabs, within 150 miles from home. I was empty on my way to pick up a load of calves that I'd bought. Never said anything about no IFTA and never made me buy a fuel permit. They told me I didn't need a CDL even across state lines as long as I was within 150 air miles from home.