Hauling info

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I am thinking about fixing a B67 Mack up to haul tractors. Question is could it be licensed as an antique? If so, can I pull a trailer with it? I want to be able to haul about 20,000 lbs (two tractors). Do I just need to look at something else? I want to be legal. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
You need to check your state laws and with your insurance co. Some states allow you to tow with an antique and some don't. Some insurance cos allow you to tow and some don't. I have an antique IH road tractor that I tow my tractors to tractor pulls.I never cross a state line and my insurance limits me as to how far I can go. No CDL is required for an antique in my state.
 
(quoted from post at 04:50:55 08/11/15) You need to check your state laws and with your insurance co. Some states allow you to tow with an antique and some don't. Some insurance cos allow you to tow and some don't. I have an antique IH road tractor that I tow my tractors to tractor pulls.I never cross a state line and my insurance limits me as to how far I can go. No CDL is required for an antique in my state.

And what state might that be?
 
I currently do not have a CDL, but not opposed to getting one. I would really only haul tractors that I own to shows. All tractors are used some on the farm. However, some are only used sparingly.
 
Our opinions really don't matter. Best to check with the vehicle enforcement division in your state. Their opinions matter.
 
There are limited things that can be done with antique plates such as mileage per year,and night time driving. I know a couple people that got a older model semi and registered it as a RV.. to avoid a lot of things such as a special license. I thought about doing the same thing but settled for a dually
pick up instead. Love the old trucks but they can be real dogs when it comes to the hills. I travel several hundreds of miles to shows sometime and having modern creature comfort is nice. The big old trucks are not very efficient on fuel. I can also use the pick up every day to go to work.. Just some things to think about. They do look cool rolling into a show though!!
 
WV and no CDL is required for farm use either-Up to 80,000 GVW- if you are hauling farm
products or farm machinery. I have a CDL exemption card. It is free,lasts 5 years and is
good for 150 miles from farm.
 
(quoted from post at 19:27:57 08/11/15) WV and no CDL is required for farm use either-Up to 80,000 GVW- if you are hauling farm
products or farm machinery. I have a CDL exemption card. It is free,lasts 5 years and is
good for 150 miles from farm.

Iowa has adopted the federal laws. Anything that weighs 26,001 pounds and above requires a CDL. Makes no difference if it is brand new or old enough to qualify as antique.
 
It is only a matter of time until all the states will do that. All the Feds have to do is
threaten to cut off a few highway funds and the states easily comply, but for now I am
still OK. Oh, by the way, I have never seen a DOT cop in my county.
 
<font color="red">No CDL is required for an antique in my state.!</font>

Can you look at the list of CDL exemptions and tell me where antique is listed.
#1;2;3; or 4.

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You have a couple of choices to make.

You can register the truck as a farm truck with a farm tag and be exempt from several of the DOT rules including a CDL within 150 miles of your farm.

You could register the truck as a antique.
Hauling stuff to shows depends on what DOT cop stops you.
Look at #4 in my post above.
Some consider shows as a business just like racing cars.
And if you ever got caught hauling a load of hay for your farm or a tractor to a nearby field they would put you under the jail.

You need to decide if you are gona use this truck "exclusively" for fun; or will there be that 1 day a year you would use it for your farms use.
 
Line 4 says other vehicles. I personally asked a DOT cop and told him what I was going to be doing with my truck and his answer was. I don't see why you would have a problem and I haven't and I will keep driving it until someone tells me different. Antique vehicles can only be driven from noon on friday until noon on monday also.A lot of the guys around here run trucks with FARM USE written on the doors of their haulers.Some don't even have insurance. I'm really not too concerned.
 

This is a question that always generates a lot of different responses, because there are a lot of different laws, and a lot of guys have driven a lot of miles doing illegal things and never got caught. I don't expect that you want to be illegal. Best to go to your local DMV, get the free book that they have printed because they want you to have all of the facts, and sit and peruse it. As has been said, give a lot of thought to driving conditions and distance. I used to have a 2003 International tri-axle. It was very comfortable. These days I drive occasionally for some friends who have a 2005 Mack and a 2013 Mack. It is incredible what a difference in comfort there is between the two. That 2003 Mack is crude compared to my 2003 International. I look around at old trucks and dream about restoring one for pulling my tractors around, but being realistic, any distance would not be fun. They are slow, loud, hot, and very tiresome to drive, especially after a long day at a show.
 
Well I bet the insurance companies will give the most trouble.
I had an old IHC tractor with antique plates but the 5 th wheel hitch made the insurance high. So I just called and activated it when I was going to go somewhere. Like to the auction to sell it ! Now I have a 1981 F350 with antique plates and it has a dump bed so that caused me to just stick the state min. liability on it. I think Hagerty will do better on antiques but I didn't want to deal with more than 1 company.
 
Other vehicles in that sentence means anything other than a motor home.

I am not saying a antique does not qualify because any truck qualifies as long as you work within the "non business purposes" clause.

Just because it is a antique does not give it a exemption.
The fact that the antique is used for non business purposes does give it a exemption.
 
I will add this antique vehicle situation seems to vary greatly by state so does insurance. Not real sure on how big rigs fit into it compared to an old car but see a lot of them at shows.
 

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