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FEDS eyeing CDL requirements for farmers to drive tractors ~ WTF?

Melensdad

Melensdad

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New federal license law stirring up controversy | WDAY | Fargo, ND

So, farmers would have to get a CDL every 2 years to drive tractors or haul livestock trailers. Of course, complying with current CDL guidelines, miles and hours worked would all have to be tracked.

I struggle with finding justification for any of this. What event set in motion the need for such legislation? The proposed expansion of CDL requirement is still in the "comment" phase.
 
here's something else you will have to have a medical card ,us dot or icc number have annual inspections preformed on all equipment operating on the road system plus thhe paper work to track annual and daily inspections some good things to come out of this could be forcing farmers that choose to keep their riggs held to gether with bailing wire to fix stuff right for safer equipment on the roads and everyone will have a regular physical so you would know that you are in good health. the down side is it might put smaller opeations out of buisness because if they could afford the cost of a physical they would already have one. plus the other epences of dot and icc numbers and paper work handeling to prove you are doing what is right
 
So Obama sets up a new organization to "assist" rural communities toward a better life, and no longer will farm kids be allowed to drive farm machinery.

Probably just a coincidence.
 
trust me i understand out here in the bush they have always had an off system exemption cdl because there were no instructors and not enough road to properly test on also the hazmzat guys were eempt from back ground checks now you have to spend 500 bucks for a ticket to go in rent a truck than when all is said and done if you have need for hazmat than you have to go back to the tsa contractor to get that all to be in compliance with fedral law
 
Yet another way to fleece Americans out of some money,its all about money and where it can be seized,if you do anything other than live off the state your a target.
 
I wanna see 'em come onto private land and enforce CDL regs. If I had a farm, I could have my 11-yr old son drive my semi across the field all I want. Once that things gets on a public road, it's a different story.

It ain't gonna fly, I tell ya. Agriculture has a huge lobby in Congress.
 
the DOT can only do enforcement actions on the public road ways if you are on private lands or un maintained roads they cannnot conduct enforcement actions also no enfofcement actions can be conducted during a responce to an emergancy situation such as an oul spill or natural disaster the funny thing is in the state of alaska you don't have to have a license to operate a tractor on the road although most insurance companys require it
 
If I were a commercial driver subject to hours of service laws, I am required by law to log hours worked at other jobs. For instance: I would work my regular job, driving truck, and spend my off hours helping a farmer. I am supposed to log those hours worked for the farmer as :On duty, not driving" which goes against my hours of service. If DOT gets wind of this, they could demand my records of hours worked from the farmer. Most of these hours don't get reported and the folks doing the second job thing are never caught. That's about the only way they could enforce anything as far as farming operations. The farmer and his regular hired help can thumb their noses at the DOT from their fields.

As long as they stay within the 150-mile radius of the farm with the semis, they don't have to log anything. They're considered, simply, hauling their crops to market.

As I said before, ain't gonna happen.
 
i think the big thing is enforcement of pre trip safety inspections that most farmers arn't doing my last trip to nebraska you could tell the farm trucks on the highways yes hours of service also play into safety but i also understand because in this economy you have to work 3 1/2 jobs just to make ends meet
 
also the teamsters could be lobbying this legislation as it would make sence to hire a freight company for some smaller operations to move their crops
 
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