Hersheyfarm
Veteran Member
My comment on reading whole thread was because you obviously didn’t know of the training class change. Yes, another bloated money generating grab that will do zero to “save lives or property”. Yup, stupid uncle sugar wants more pork to clog lives up.You should have read my post above yours before telling me I should read the whole thread. If you had, you would have seen I replied to Eddie's change of direction.
As to changing the rules....who is safer...me hauling my own stuff or you hauling my stuff and me paying you. Your getting paid and the state makes sure you are hauling my stuff as safe as I would.
It's the same difference with vehicle insurance. I can do business with my truck and have a regular policy. But slap a sign on the truck door and now I need commerical insurance or get canceled after an accident. I am also now considered hauling commerical with my trailer and farm tag regulations don't apply.
CYA. That is why I got my CDL when I don't need it.
It is all about who is making the money.
When you say we need to change the rules. What do you propose to change? What do you change without hurting the farmer, yet keeping the public safe?
hugs, Brandi
Propose? I wrote my congress people that the laws are dated and arbitrary. In 1992(just as someone posted earlier this year) pickups and vehicles were generally rated to 10-12k towing or less, so towing 20k took a big straight truck. My f350 is rated for 20k bumper pull. Equipment is safer, technology and trailers are way better. And as far as public safety, lol. It’s not any safer by passing legislation. Like guns, pass laws but the only people who follow them are the ones that aren’t a threat. People still pull “dangerous” load’s regardless of fmsca rules. You got your got your cdl “just cause” doesn’t make you any safer than me who has been pulling equipment for 30 years. I just refuse to get one(especially now) just to get on another fed list just to pull my personal property, not others.