Removing Slow Moving Vehicle sign when trailering your tractor

[bcp]

Saw one not removed. Kind of misleading.

Do you remove it?

Bruce

 

[grsthegreat]

Heck no.

 

[Rosher18]

Only if it's at risk of becoming road debris. My dealer took mine off and had me put it in the truck when I picked it up, since it just slides into a tapered bracket on my ROPS.

 

[Cycledude]

Interesting question, I’ve heard of several people getting fined for not having a slow moving vehicle sign when required but I’ve never heard of anyone getting fined for not removing a slow moving vehicle sign when it wasn’t required.

 

[Hersheyfarm]

Saw one not removed. Kind of misleading.

Do you remove it?

Bruce

Cause your thinking is people will think the tow vehicle is a slow moving vehicle?

 

[JCoastie]

Only if it's at risk of becoming road debris. My dealer took mine off and had me put it in the truck when I picked it up, since it just slides into a tapered bracket on my ROPS.

same here

 

[ruffdog]

"SMV signs are required by law on farm machinery and equipment traveling on roadways at speeds of 25 m.p.h. or less and must be visible for at least 500 feet to the rear. In Ohio, approved SMV signs have a front label identifying the manufacturer and documenting that the sign meets the American Society of Agricultural Engineers' (ASAE) standards for durability and longevity."

 

[oldnslo]

"SMV signs are required by law on farm machinery and equipment traveling on roadways at speeds of 25 m.p.h. or less and must be visible for at least 500 feet to the rear. In Ohio, approved SMV signs have a front label identifying the manufacturer and documenting that the sign meets the American Society of Agricultural Engineers' (ASAE) standards for durability and longevity."

Is it against the law to have a SMV sign on equipment going faster that 25 MPH?

If yes that poses a real problem since some newer farm tractors can go over 25 MPH but same implement might be pulled with tractors that only do 20 MPH.

 

[flyerdan]

It shouldn't be an issue when trailering, any more than expired plates would be on a trailered vehicle. I guess it would depend on how determined they are to shake revenue out of motorists.
I can see the problem of having a SMV sign on a trailer that is usually pulled by a tractor but might occasionally be roaded by a pickup, but that should be a rarity and generally understood in ag country.

 

[Topzide]

To me, when I see a SMV sign, I give extra room as it may stop suddenly or maneuver eradicatily in rural areas.

 

[bcp]

Seeing a SMV sign at night is most likely a driveway around here.



Bruce

 

[bcp]

Cause your thinking is people will think the tow vehicle is a slow moving vehicle?

Most people probably don't know what it is.

I was just thinking about it when following a trailered tractor.

Bruce

 

[tmcj]

I had hauled my tractor at anything up to interstate speeds (70 mph) countless times and never even considered taking it off. Then one day for whatever reason it went flying off about 2 miles from home going about 45- 50 mph. Not sure what caused it, maybe some crosswinds sweeping across the fields or it had been slightly pulled out of the slot or something, but it destroyed the plastic sign. I picked up the bracket and replaced the sign. Haven't taken it off since and haven't had any further issues trailering. I had actually forgot all about that incident until seeing this thread. That would be the only legitimate reason to take it off for trailering. There are no requirements to have it on during trailering either.

 

[ruffdog]

Seeing a SMV sign at night is most likely a driveway around here.



Bruce

They would not last long here as SMV signs should NOT be used on still objects.

SMV signs save lives, use them properly

 

[ruffdog]

Is it against the law to have a SMV sign on equipment going faster that 25 MPH?

If yes that poses a real problem since some newer farm tractors can go over 25 MPH but same implement might be pulled with tractors that only do 20 MPH.

I think some states have increased that speed to 30 mph. Also, some state statutes say "equipment normally operated at speeds less than 25 mph".

"When bearing the SMV emblem, vehicles are prohibited from traveling more than 25-miles-per hour, even if they are capable of reaching higher speeds. This rule helps motorists to avoid confusion of having a fast-moving vehicle labeled as a slow mover."

SMV signs save lives, use them properly

 

[ruffdog]

I had hauled my tractor at anything up to interstate speeds (70 mph) countless times and never even considered taking it off. Then one day for whatever reason it went flying off about 2 miles from home going about 45- 50 mph. Not sure what caused it, maybe some crosswinds sweeping across the fields or it had been slightly pulled out of the slot or something, but it destroyed the plastic sign. I picked up the bracket and replaced the sign. Haven't taken it off since and haven't had any further issues trailering. I had actually forgot all about that incident until seeing this thread. That would be the only legitimate reason to take it off for trailering. There are no requirements to have it on during trailering either.

In PA....slower than 25 mph:

(b) Limitations on use or display.--No person shall use or display the slow moving vehicle emblem except as provided in this section nor shall any person display the emblem on a vehicle traveling at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour.

Section 4529 - Slow moving vehicle emblem, 75 Pa. C.S. § 4529 | Casetext Search + Citator.

 

[kabong57]

In PA....slower than 25 mph:

(b) Limitations on use or display.--No person shall use or display the slow moving vehicle emblem except as provided in this section nor shall any person display the emblem on a vehicle traveling at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour.

Section 4529 - Slow moving vehicle emblem, 75 Pa. C.S. § 4529 | Casetext Search + Citator.

Illinois most definitely issues fines for not covering or removing a SMV sign from view when speeds exceed 25 MPH. We also have a rule against using them for any other purpose such as Drive Way Markers. $25 fine per sign if they ever inforced it. It gets frustrating the costs involved in maintaining 30 or more SMV emblems for all impliments and tractors and drive by some ones house with a half dozen marking their drive way.

 

[WM75Guy]

Texas law requires a SMV sign for vehicles, which includes tractors, operating at less than 25 mph on public roads. If you tow an implement and it covers up the towing vehicle's SMV, you have to have one on the towed implement. Since a tractor being towed on a trailer is not operating on the public highway, it would not be required to have an SMV sign. The statutes do not address when you cannot have a SMV sign on a vehicle. I would be more concerned with the hay baler with a SMV sign being towed down the highway at 70 mph by a pickup but again it is not addressed by statute. I often see pickups pulling a tractor on a trailer with the baler attached to the tractor being towed behind the trailer.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

Never even heard of this sign. Wonder if Tennessee even has them or if they arnt enforced around here


Are you talking about the orange/red triangle thing?

 

[oldnslo]

Never even heard of this sign. Wonder if Tennessee even has them or if they arnt enforced around here


Are you talking about the orange/red triangle thing?

Yes, the orange/red triangle is Slow Moving Vehicle sign being discussed