Farm Vehicle REGULATIONS - KFB: Voice of KY Ag

[Pages:20]Farm Vehicle

REGULATIONS

Reference guide provided by

Kentucky Farm Bureau

In coordination with the

Kentucky State Police

Published 2016

Important Phone Numbers

STATE OF KENTUCKY

Kentucky State Police Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement

KSP CVE Region 1 ......................270.831.9888 KSP CVE Region 2 ......................502.452.8983 KSP CVE Region 3 ......................502.863.4559 KSP CVE Region 4 ......................606.330.2105 KSP CVE Region 5 ......................606.783.9541 KSP CVE Region 6 ......................606.433.7791 cve

Kentucky Division of Motor Carriers ......502.564.4540 dmc.kytc.

Kentucky Division of Vehicle Licensing ...........................................502.564.5301

Kentucky State Police Emergency Toll Free ............................................800.222.5555

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ....................................502.223.6779 Infoline ...............................................800.832.5660 fmcsa.

KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU

Transportation Questions.....502.495.5000 (ext.7218)

- or - Bryan.Alvey@

Table of Contents

Foreword...............................................................4 Special Thanks......................................................4 Requirements for Moving

Farm Implements.............................................5 State and Federal Guidelines

Requirements...................................................6 State and Federal Guidelines

Exemptions.......................................................7 Kentucky Registration Fee Schedule.................8-9 Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Regional Map & Scale Facility Locations..............................10-11 Frequently Asked Questions..........................12-13 Additional Information..........................................14 Definitions.......................................................14-16 Annual Vehicle Inspection Report Example..........17 Disclaimer............................................................18 Sources...............................................................18 Notes...................................................................19

Foreword

Kentucky Farm Bureau is pleased to provide our membership this Farm Vehicle Regulations publication that highlights the guidelines, regulations, exemptions, registration fee schedules and other information needed when operating farm vehicles or implements on Kentucky's highways.

Many times it is difficult to decipher the statutes and regulations dealing with farm vehicles. We hope this publication will help. We urge our members to take this publication and keep it in the farm vehicles that will be traveling on federal, state and county highways. It is intended to be used as a quick reference guide. Note: The provisions included in this publication pertain to Kentucky Statutes (Intrastate) unless noted as being Federal Guidelines (Interstate).

Special Thanks

Kentucky Farm Bureau would like to thank the Kentucky State Police Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) for their help and cooperation in providing and reviewing information included in this publication. Their efforts have helped to ensure the accuracy and validity of this publication.

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Requirements for Moving

Farm Implements

ESCORT REQUIREMENTS 1. General escort vehicle requirements:

(a) A lead escort vehicle operating on a two (2) lane highway may serve as a tow vehicle.

(b) The distance requirement for an escort vehicle to lead or trail an overweight or overdimensional farm equipment shall be 300 feet (91.44 meters), but the distance may vary if necessary due to safety or road conditions.

(c) An escort vehicle shall keep its headlights on during an escort.

(d) A single vehicle and load that do not exceed forty-five (45) miles per hour operating on a four (4) lane highway shall have at least one (1) trail escort.

2. A single vehicle and load in excess of twelve (12) feet in width:

(a) Operating on a two (2) lane highway, shall have at least one (1) lead escort vehicle (a lead escort vehicle may also serve as a tow vehicle); and

(b) Operating on a four (4) lane highway, shall have at least one (1) trail escort vehicle.

3. A single vehicle and load in excess of eighty-five (85) feet in length operating on a two (2) lane highway, shall have at least one (1) lead vehicle.

4. A single vehicle and load 120 feet in length or more operating on a four (4) lane highway, shall have at least one (1) trail vehicle.

5. Convoy - More than one (1) farm equipment vehicle and load, exceeding twelve (12) feet in width or exceeding eighty-five (85) feet in length, being operated as a convoy on a two (2) lane highway, shall have at least one (1) lead vehicle for the total convoy.

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When escorts are required, escort vehicles must post appropriate signage or shall use lights or flashers or flags.

Flags. A flag shall be: (a) Red or fluorescent orange; (b) At least eighteen (18) inches square; (c) Displayed at the widest point of the load or on the escort vehicle. Signage. A sign shall: (a) Be at least six (6) to eight (8) feet in width; (b) State "Oversize Load"; (c) Have black letters on a yellow background. The black letters shall be at least eighteen (18) inches tall and 1.44 inches wide.

PERMIT EXEMPTIONS Farm Implements -- unless movement occurs on fully-controlled access highway, a permit shall not be required for transport of overdimensional farm implements for the following trips:

(a) From one farm to another; (b) From a farm to a repair shop or dealer; or (c) From a repair shop or dealer to a farm.

State and Federal Guidelines

Requirements

1. Federal DOT Number ? 10,001 lbs and above, interstate ? 26,001 lbs and above, intrastate. (DOT number may be obtained from the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) website at fmcsa..

Note: Based on manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating or actual weight, license plate weight designation does not determine actual weight or gross vehicle weight rating.

2. Classifications and weight limits on state roads. ? Class A allows 44,000 lbs gross weight ? Class AA allows 62,000 lbs gross weight ? Class AAA allows 80,000 lbs gross weight ? County road maximum weight is 36,000 lbs

Note: A vehicle hauling building materials (agriculture products as defined in KRS 189.2226) shall be allowed to travel the most direct route, in the opinion of the operator, to the vehicle's point of destination, provided that any road traveled as the most direct route shall not be further than fifteen (15) miles from a state road that is classified to carry the registered weight of the vehicle.

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State and Federal Guidelines Exemptions

1. Exempt from additional fuel usage tax in Kentucky (IFTA and KIT).

2. Exempt from weight distance tax in Kentucky (KYU).

3. Exempt from medical certificate (intrastate).

4. Exempt from periodic annual inspection (intrastate).

5. Exempt from axle weights (gross highway weight rates still apply) if licensed as a farm vehicle and not traveling on an interstate highway.

6. Do not have to be 21 years of age if driving within 150 miles of the farm (minimum age 18).

7. Do not have to furnish a list of violations to authorities (if within 150 miles of the farm).

8. Not required to have commercial drivers license (intrastate unless transporting a type or quantity of hazardous materials that requires the vehicle to be placarded).

9. A motor vehicle which is used exclusively in intrastate commerce and exclusively in farm-tomarket agriculture transportation, when operated during daylight hours, shall not be required to comply with 49 C.F.R. 393.9 to 393.33, relative to lighting device requirements. (Still required to have working stop lamps and mechanical turn signals.)

10. A motor vehicle which is used exclusively in intrastate commerce and exclusively for the transportation of primary forest products from the harvest area to a mill or other processing facility which is located at a point not more than fifty (50) air miles

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(eighty and five-tenths (80.5) air kilometers) from the harvest area when operated during daylight hours shall not be required to comply with 49 C.F.R. 393.9 to 393.33, relative to lighting devices requirements.

11. Not required to keep Hours of Service (HOS) Record of Duty Status (log book) if transporting agriculture commodities or farm supplies for agriculture purposes if such transportation:

(a) Is limited to an area within a 150 air mile radius from the source of the commodities or distribution point for farm supplies.

Kentucky Registration

Fee Schedule

KRS 186.050 is the statute that sets forth registration fees for motor vehicles.

Subsection (4)(a) 1 and 2 states that any farmer owning a truck having a gross weight of twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds or less or; any farmer owning a truck having a gross weight of twentysix thousand one (26,001) pounds to thirty-eight thousand (38,000) pounds may have it registered as a farmer's truck and obtain a license for eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50). The applicant's signature upon the certificate of registration and ownership shall constitute a certificate that he/she is a farmer engaged in the production of crops, livestock, or dairy products, that he/she owns a truck of either twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds or less or; any farmer owning a truck having a gross weight of twenty-six thousand one (26,001) pounds to thirty-eight thousand (38,000) pounds (whichever is applicable) and that during the next twelve (12) months the truck shall not be used in for-hire transportation and may be used in transporting persons, food, provender, feed, machinery, livestock,

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