Lease farm plate truck to neighbor??

edit, I posted this in wrong thread.

 

If I was you and I do own 5 farm trucks 2 semis and 3 straight trucks. Id do it anyway and say it belonged to me.

Legally I'd say you'd have to be commercial plated.

 

Contact OOIDA, they will know the legalities.

 

Farm, or Ag plates are issued by states, and different rules apply to how/where they can be used, or if they are accepted in another jurisdiction(state). There are also numerous exemptions for CDL, HOS, Drug/alcohol testing ect for farm vehicles and drivers that may not apply if you are engaged in for hire trucking. You have multiple areas to check for compliance in the event your farm truck is hired out.

 

If you do need to go with commercial plates, you will only need the DOT # and not MC authority as grain is an exempt commodity.

 

actually in nd as long as he is not crossing state lines he doesn't even need a dot#

a commercial intrastate carrier in nd is not required to have a dot# still have to do all the same compliance stuff as everyone else and be plated commercially. (drug policy, logs, maintenance records, driver file, ect)

id just run the farm plates if you get pulled over tell the cop its your wheat in the trailer. how are they going to know the difference unless you tell them?

 

Yeah, we don't need a DOT # here in VT either for intrastate. Problem is it's a skinny state!

We pay $72 for an 80,000 pound farm truck plate annually. If its over 10 years old(never did see a new farm truck) no title, sales tax paid by receipt, not book value, or no tax if vehicle gifted. You could just have the neighbor plate the truck if ND isn't ripping off farmers, and problem solved. Plate it back when done.

 

I could see the concern if you were doing it solely for the revenue, sounds to me you are just wanting to help your neighbor. That's what good neighbors do I would fall in there and help if stopped say its yours as stated how do they know.