Naw, he's a farmer. Farmers operate under completely different rules, including the laws of physics.

But really, most states do allow some leeway for getting products to market. Varies by state.

 

VT is home to many, many farmers. But if that rig went out on the roads, you'd have one of these behind you. No slack for farmers around here, despite the state being full of them.



NH is the same way, although we don't have a dedicated division like VT does. State Police do the job.

 

I saw a guy last year pulling a 44 foot boat, 12 foot beam with an F450 with custom springs at a gas station. He said the boat on the trailer weighs 45k. He pulled out to head south on the highway and we passed two troopers. They didn't give it a second thought.

 

thats what she said

 

I like laid back cops, but some modicum of public safety needs to be maintained. A 450 doesn't have the weight or brakes to safely control that load on anything other than pretty flat and slow situations. It would also be probably going about 20mph up any decent hills, and at 12 feet across needs wide load markings and probably a scout vehicle.

I wasn't there, maybe nobody was around for miles and it was OK, but that would be dangerous around here.

 

I wonder how many people have been killed on AK highways because nobody is policing unsafe loads rolling down the road.
I like having DOT officers around to catch the idiots that are pulling 45,000lb boats with F450's, and guys pulling trailers with materials and/or equipment that isn't secured.
​​​​​​​i think farmers should get a bit of a break, but only to a point, if what you are doing is dangerous than something needs to be done about it.

 

No, you are wrong, I did take the load down the highway without any fear of being pulled over. In Texas, farmers have special exceptions. The law is long but here is an excerpt.

Farm Trailer Registration (TRC 502.146)
(a) An owner is not required to register a vehicle that is used only temporarily on the highways, if the vehicle is:
(1) A farm trailer or farm semitrailer with a gross weight of more than 4,000 pounds but not more than 34,000 pounds that is used exclusively to transport:
(a) Seasonally harvested agricultural products or livestock from the place of production to the
place of processing, market, or storage; or
(b) Farm supplies from the place of loading to the farm.
(c) For the purpose participating in equine activities or attending livestock shows, as defined in Sec. 87.001 Civil Practice & Remedies Code.
*A specialty license plate under section 502.433 and 502.146 (farm vehicle registration and farm trailer registration) cannot be issued unless the vehicles owner provides a registration number issued by the comptroller under Section 151.1551, Tax code.
* Farm trailer and Semi-trailers are generally exempt from Texas Motor Vehicle Inspection. If the vehicle has a combined gross vehicle weight rating, registered weight, or gross weight of 48,000 pounds or more, the vehicle is required to display a Texas Commercial Vehicle Inspection Certificate.

Also, could you show me the calculation where my tires are overloaded? My calculation is as follows:
Rear of truck weighs about 4000#s
Rear tires are rated at 4080 each = 8160#s
Leaves a payload of 4160#s
Total loaded trailer weight of about 25000#s x 15% pin weight = 3750#s
Looks like I'm good by several hundred pounds.

 

OP -- that is a GREAT pic of your SD doing work. Glad to hear that it did it with ease.


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There are ways to pull 45k pounds with an F450 quite legally and safely. I've seen people do it.

Does it look safe to me? Nope. But I'm not one of the engineers that studies these type of things.