farm tags on truck ?

[quackerback]

if you have farm tags on your truck, are you legally able to use it for other things. i'm not talking about daily driving, but if i needed to run to the lease.

[ETXBow]

Go for it

[Osceola]

You are not suppose to use it for anything but farm use but I use mine for everything.

[denowt]

The main restriction is you can't drive it to a job other than farming/ranching. The next is you can't pull a trailer with "token trailer" plates, but that mainly applies to 18-wheelers.

You can use it for vacation, going to grocery store, church, etc., just not a job.

[shark79]

You are not suppose to use it for anything but farm use but I use mine for everything.

Im with the IRS and need to talk with you....oh wait oboma told me I don't need to come to work tomorrow.

[Low Fence]

From My wife ( who works in the Tax Office):

"A vehicle with FARM TAGS can not be driven to another occupation." "Yes you can drive it to the lease......unless you are a guide "

[RedneckMorton]

So if I'm a farmer that does construction work on the side I have to have two different trucks?

[Smart]

So if I'm a farmer that does construction work on the side I have to have two different trucks?

Not if you get regular tags......which are cheaper than a new truck.....

[Roamer]

I saw a suburban that I have a hard time believing that it was a farm vehicle.

[quackerback]

can anybody tell me the difference for farm tags on a truck. i know there is a big difference in price on trailer tags, but not sure on trucks

[Todd-ty729]

Can't be used for the furtherence of a commercial interprise.

[skeeter]

Farm Registration

Farm Truck
The registration fee for a commercial motor vehicle as a farm vehicle is 50 percent of the applicable fee under Section 502.162.

The vehicle may be used for:

Transporting the person’s own poultry, dairy, livestock, livestock products, timber in its natural state, or farm products to market or another place for sale or processing.
Transporting laborers from their place of residence to the owner’s farm or ranch.
Transporting without charge, materials, tools, equipment, or supplies from the place of purchase or storage to the owner’s farm or ranch exclusively for the owner’s use or for use on the farm or ranch.
Transporting the owner’s family:
to attend church or school:
to visit a doctor for medical treatment or supplies: or
for other necessities of the home or family.
May not use a vehicle registered under this section in connection with gainful employment other than farming or ranching.
May not use a vehicle with a "FARM TRUCK" license plate to tow a trailer with a "TOKEN TRAILER" license plate.
Farm Trailer
An owner is not required to register a farm trailer or farm semitrailer that has a gross weight of 4,000 pounds or less. A vehicle owner may obtain a "FARM TRAILER" license plate for a farm trailer or farm semitrailer with a gross of more than 4,000 pounds but not more than 34,000 pounds. The fee for a "FARM TRAILER" license plate is $5.00 per year. A farm trailer or farm semitrailer with a "FARM TRAILER" license plate is exempt from the state inspection certificate requirements. "FARM TRAILER" license plates may only be used on farm trailers and farm semitrailers used exclusively to transport

seasonally harvested agricultural products or livestock from the place of production to the place of processing, market, storage: or
farm supplies from the place of loading to the farm.
This section also applies to:


a farm trailer or farm semitrailer owned by a cotton gin and used exclusively to transport agricultural products without charge from the place of production to the place of processing, market, or storage.
a trailer used exclusively to transport fertilizer without charge form a place of supply or storage to a farm.
a trailer used exclusively to transport cottonseed without charge from a place of supply or storage to a farm or place of processing.
This section does not apply to a farm trailer or farm semitrailer that:

is used for hire; or
has metal tires operating in contact with the highway: or
is not equipped with an adequate hitch pinned or locked so that it will remain securely engaged to the towing vehicle while in motion; or
is not operated and equipped in compliance with all other law.

[bwssr]

so mI guess all the $80K King Ranch duelies I see on the beltway at 5:30 am Monday thru Friday are headiing to the feed store

[tgridley]

so mI guess all the $80K King Ranch duelies I see on the beltway at 5:30 am Monday thru Friday are headiing to the feed store

That would be my guess.

[Firefyter]

The chances of being caught are slim. It can happen but there is to much crime and not enough LEO's because of budget cuts, at least around here, I say that because I see a white cargo van with ladders on it and a painting company logo on it with farm tag plates at the local Home Depot at leat 3 times a week. Go figure.