Stuart said: (quoted from post at 20:32:26 03/25/10) Yes but in wisconsin a farm plate is not a commercial plate. I can go to any farm sale even over 150 miles away and be fine. Just because it is printed does not mean it is enforced.
It seems like every time I go to a farm sale outside of my state I get pulled over with my truck and trailer, usually for speeding or maybe a light out. I have asked every state trooper everytime it happens and they say if i have farm plates I am good to go. It may be a written rule but not an enforced one. I drive 60 mph on a road posted at 55 mph and guess how many times I have been pulled over.0. There are tons of laws printed in the rule book that are never enforced.
The rule you just stated is for a semi tractor and trailer not a pickup truck and trailer. Like I said and I will repeat it if you are hard of hearing. They dont enforce the rules at all for farm pickup trucks in wisconsin
Farm pickup trucks are not commerical they are farm. My neighbors 4 semis have farm plates on them not commercial. They do by law have a not for hire sticker on the truck
Stuart,
I am from Eau Claire, WI. And I spent 3 trips to the local highway patrol office and probably 20 hours on the internet researching this whole deal of CDL's, commercial vs personal vs farm, USDOT #'s, etc etc etc. I'm not a professional expert, but certainly knowledgeable on this particular topic.
1) Farm is commercial. There is a loophole written into the statues that specifically allows farm plated truck drivers to drive without a CDL.
2) In WI, ALL commercial trucks are required to have a USDOT number, the yearly safety inspections, log books, med cards, flares and the whole 9 yards just like a long haul trucker. Again, there is a loophole written into the statutes that farm plated trucks don't need to have that as long as they are below the magic weight numbers; 26,000 pound combined if the trailer is 10,001 or more, 36,000 if the trailer is 10,000 or less and the truck is 26,000 or less and final 26,000 or less when there is no trailer.
3) if you cross state lines, then you are into federal enforcement. FEDERAL law states that any commercial vehicle having a total actual weight of 10,001 or more (truck+ trailer+ all load) must have a USDOT number. You can look that up yourself.
I got this from the DMV. The Highway patrol was enforcing it around here too. My inquiries on this stopped it as we (the highway patrol people and me) were able to show the actual statutes that allow farm tags to not require it.
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