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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">James, in California (not exactly the
least urban state) there is a very specific section of the vehicle
code that covers this and eliminates the tickets unnecessarily
being written - it is called "Implements of Husbandry". The
requirement is that the trailer or other farm machinery being
transported on a road must have a SMV placard facing rearward.
With this proviso, tractors, harvesters, trailers, tillage
implements, farm trailers, etc. can be moved on the road and
normal width and other limitations are almost all waived. Longtime
members of the list will remember my story of towing the 15' 10"
wide Mower-conditioner I bought back in 1982 being towed on US101
and the clueless CHP officers who had to call SACRAMENTO to
confirm what was in the vehicle code. It was pretty hilarious to
listen to the radio traffic that took place for them to learn what
they should have learned before entering a car.</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> I will note that since the section
was written, in the 1990's there was a limitation added - no more
than 25 miles at a time on an Interstate highway.</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> Grant Brians -
Hollister,California farmer of vegetables, edible flowers, herbs
and other crops</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/29/2019 10:38 PM, James Peck
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">A revenue
hungry law enforcement official seeing the farm wagons going
down the road behind a pickup might deem it pulling an
unlicensed uninsured unbraked unlighted trailer on the
public highway without an approved ball hitch or safety
chains. We are lucky enforcement is so lax.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">When we look
at European photos, they tend to be moving harvested crops
on big two axle dually trailers where the tongue is
supported by the tractor drawbar.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">I saw a hay
wagon once that had a decided wander to it. The frame was
stretched out to the last hole. It was loaded with Birds
Foot Trefoil hay and being pulled by another loaded wagon
that wandered but less.. Going down hill the wandering
trailer wandered off to the more downhill side and tipped
over. I do not remember any broken bales.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">[Farmer]
<snip></span>Today the scary towing going on is
fertilizer dealer employees pulling two full anhydrous nurse
tank wagons behind a pickup running 50 MPH. That and the guys
(and a few women) towing two 300 bushel hopper wagons at near
highway speeds behind a stock 1/2 ton pickup.<span
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