I am looking into getting farm truck license plates for my truck and I wanted to make sure I am not breaking any laws. I read online that it has a few requirements, basically used for farm use and not used for transportation to and from another job. Can I use the truck to go to the deer lease or to haul my camper to a family campout? My truck is used on our little ranch and only leaves the land for farm related trips, to go to the deer lease, or to haul the camper. It is not a daily driver. It just sits in the yard collecting dirt.
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You can get farm plates and save a couple bucks on registration -
People run around everywhere with farm tags on their trucks. I even had them on mine in high school. Legally I don't think the vehicle is supposed to be on a paved road if it has the farm tags because you aren't paying anything toward road upkeep.Comment
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Remember this phrase: Furtherence of a Commercial Enterprise
If you are using a farm tagged anything in a way that benefits a business then you are in the wrong.
Pretty much all of the rest of the time it is cool. Even on a paved road. Gotta haul that hay on the highway!Comment
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From what I understand your good to go as long as you are not useing the truck for another occupation or for transportation to another job other that farm work.Comment
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What happens if I hunt in another state? Is there going to be a problem?
Does anyone know the difference in cost of tags? I can't find it on TXDot.Comment
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Not worth it.Comment
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You are going to save between 50-75 off a regular pickup by using the farm tags.
I think he is saying the money is not worth the worry over what you can and can't use the truck for.Comment
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You cant take it to Colorado with some major hastle. We had farm tags on a borrowed trailer and the Highway partol made us out a nice printed form to continue down the road with. (a ticket)Comment
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I guess that makes sence. I save $50 a year, but I can't use my truck how I want.Comment
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I have them on mine and haven't had any issues, I just came back from Colorado this last week no problemsComment
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I also drive it to OklahomaComment
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...but when it catches up to you it may not be just a fine or a ticket. They can lock it down till you change the tags.Originally posted by kcmarullo View PostComment
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I can’t count the number of Farm use plates that I have seized or assisted in seizing. Yep, we took them off the truck right there on the side of the road or in the parking lot. Vehicle could not be operated until it was re-registered with correct plates…… that’s not counting the ticket.
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.Last edited by JBS; 08-15-2011, 02:52 PM.Comment
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