Interstate tractor hauling-regulations?

Yes, all states are different, but the governing federal transportation regulations at title 49 CFR override all subordinate state laws and regulations.

At ten thousand lbs gross vehicle weight you are under the jurisdiction of the above cited DOT regulations, not twenty six thousand as previously cited.

To be on the safe side and not subject to a nasty ticket, or vehicle impoundment, it would not hurt to be compliant with respect to licensing requirements, both vehicle and operator. Also since we move old tractors around for enjoyment, load securement is a critical area that needs to be addressed.

This is going to become a great source of $MONEY$ for state and federal gov't and has been facilitated by the enactment of the (un)patriot act.

Even though a great hobby is now, needlessly, more difficult and costly, I know that I will sleep better at night knowing that the terrorists of the world will not be hijacking our antique tractors. LOL

Farm tags are generally only good within 150 miles of your farm and then only for farm use. Such as to market or taking your farm tractor to town for repairs.

Weather you need a apportion tag for all states used depends on your truck size and what you are doing. Noncommercial means nothing to weigh stations and only has to do with DOT regulations.

Generally states require all trucks 1 ton and over to stop at scales but they usually do not mess with dually pickups with trailers even though they fall into this category.

I will take 31m# load to mean 31,000 lbs gross weight and not 31,000 lb load. But either way it puts you above the 26,000 lb DOT cutoff and opens you up to a whole new set of regulations such as CDL license and medical card.

I'm more worried about my hay hauling, thats where I am overweight. No problem the last ten years anyway.