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They are the same Dave. A pickup with a farm or log farm tag would is fine without a CDL. Even a deuce with a farm tag would be fine more than 150 miles from home but the once you cross 26001 lbs you must have a CDL if farther then 150 miles from home. Also if you are closer than 150 miles from...

If you are driving a farm tag vehicle it is a given that you are engaged in a business as a farm and the truck is used for that. You can drive on a regular drive's license only 150 miles from your farm. Any more than that and you will be expected to have a CDL since you are engaged in commerce...

The above also explains why it is so hard for a layman to figure this stuff out. Fifty or so lines of text and the one you are looking for is only one sentence. Try to find this stuff if you are not familiar with it.

I do not know how the smiles got in the middle. The legal speak must have just matched right up with the smile codes. LOL

I am sending you the whole thing and I will pick out the section pertaining to the need for a CDL 257.7a “Commercial motor vehicle” defined. Sec. 7a. “Commercial motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; a motor vehicle, having a...

Thanks for the comments. I have a PDF version of the state motor vehicle code. It can be downloaded form the SOS site. The one thing I caution is if you read the CDL only stuff it will give you the impression that you need a CDL based on the weights in the manual. What the literature is actual...

You really have two questions there. For everyone else, this applies to Michigan. First to the CDL issue. As long as you are not being paid by the museum to pick up the stuff you will be fine without the CDL. You may find an unknowledgeable officer that may think otherwise but you would win it...

The farm plate would restrict him to within 150 miles from his home.

I'm trying to get one so I can buy your trailer!!!!!!!

Paul, Put down the actual weight on the all the paperwork to get the title. You want the title to reflect the actual weight of the truck. Go with the 19500 lbs figure. I would then get a historical plate unless you plan to use it go haul anything but an empty trailer. If you start hauling...