johndeerefan said: (quoted from post at 07:44:52 03/24/10) So, I have been doing a little research. Here is what I have found out.
In KY if I stay within the state I am fine just using farm plates (under 26000 lbs) within 100 (air) mile radius. If over 100 miles, a log book record has to be kept.
If I travel across state lines, even farm tag vehicles are required to have a US DOT # and a unified carrier registration. So watch out DScott.
I am still searching for my original question. With KY farm plates what will the other states use as a legal weight basis? In KY, farm plates are good for 26,000#.
Well, it sounds like you may be OK since the KY site says: "Intrastate farm plated vehicles with the gross vehicle weight rating or actual gross weight exceeding 26,000 lbs. will also need a US D.O.T. number." My truck has personal TN tags and with no weight rating soI'm not sure what they would use in my case. Sounds like the definition Ky uses for commercial would automatically include any one ton and up trucks. My 3/4 ton trucks gvwr is 9200 lbs so I'm sure a one ton is over that. It's hard to believe they enforce commercial rules on every 3/4 ton truck pulling a trailer in KY, but maybe they do.
I checked my manual last night and the gcwr on my truck is 22000 lbs so I'm OK there.
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