ACommercial Motor Vehicleis defined as any self propelled or towed vehicle bearing an apportioned plate or having a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or Gross Combination Weight Rating (GCWR) of 10,001 pounds or more, which is used in commerce on a public highway.
AFarm Vehicle Driveris a person who drives only a commercial motor vehicle that is controlled and operated by a farmer as a private motor carrier or property, and being used to transport either agricultural products, farm machinery or farm supplies. A farm vehicle driver is also a person who drives only a commercial motor vehicle that is also not being used in the operation as a for hire motor carrier, not carrying hazardous materials of a type or quantity that requires the commercial motor vehicle to have placards according to the regulations, and being used within 150 miles of the farmer's farm.
AFarmeris any person who operates a farm or is directly involved in the cultivation of land, crops or livestock, which are owned by that person or are under the direct control of that person.
Anurse tankmeets the definition of a cargo tank. Nurse tanks used in agricultural operations for the transportation of anhydrous ammonia must be repaired by a facility that maintains an 'R' stamp issued by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (National Board). This 'R' stamp authorizes the facility to perform welded repairs on cargo tanks built to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) code. 'Repair' means any welding on a cargo tank wall done to return a cargo tank or a cargo tank motor vehicle to its original design and construction specification, or to a condition prescribed for a later equivalent specification in effect at the time of the repair. Only facilities that have been issued an 'R' stamp by the National Board are authorized to perform repairs to nurse tanks.
Animplement of husbandryis every vehicle that is designed, adapted or used for agricultural purposes. It also includes equipment used solely for the application of liquid, gaseous and dry fertilizers. Transportation of fertilizer, in or on the equipment used for its application, shall be deemed a part of application if it is incidental to such application. It also includes hay bailers, hay stacking equipment, combines, tillage and harvesting equipment, agricultural commodity handling equipment, and other heavy movable farm equipment primarily used on farms or in a livestock production facility and not on the highways. Trailers specially designed to move such equipment on highways shall, for the purposes of this definition, be considered to be a component part of such implements of husbandry.
Intrastate:A farm vehicle driver operating an articulated commercial vehicle with a GCWR of more than 26,000 lbs. is required to possess a medical card. A farm vehicle driver operating a straight truck is exempt from Part 391.
Interstate:A farm vehicle driver operating an articulated commercial vehicle with a GCWR of more than 10,000 lbs. is required to possess a medical card. A farm vehicle driver operating a straight truck is exempt from Part 391.