New laws for Pennsylvania tractors

This might have already been discussed and if it has I apologize for bringing up old news, but if I heard Orin Samuelson correctly, the state of Pennsylvania is about to put into effect a new law governing tractors on the highway. If I heard him correctly it applies to equipment of certain weight minimums but I'm not sure. To operate a tractor on the highway or even cross a highway the operator must be at least 18 years old and that includes family members. The tractor operator must meet physical health rules. The tractor driver must keep a record of how long he has been operating the machine much like commercial truck drivers and the tractor must have a record of regular safety and maintenance checks and proof of such. I can't remember if there is any more. Does anybody know anything about this and what might have brought this on or is it just the usual bureaucratic nonsense.  I guess they would kill over when they saw the things we used to do. I was driving a tractor at a very young age and we used to ride up and down the road hanging all over a tractor. We used to climb on tractors to add weight sometimes when it was moving something heavy. We rode up on tops of loads of hay on straight trucks and had to lay flat to dodge electric lines as they came up. We never rode in the cab. It was always a sinking feeling when you were up on top of a wagon loaded with hay or especially straw on the way to a barn and it decided it didn't want to stay loaded. It's funny that we always did things like this but then I wonder why farm accidents are high. Regardless, I think if I heard right then this is ridiculous.

Edited by C. Burnett - 22 Feb 2010 at 10:55am

I haven't heard anything on that .  But why not keep a log book?  keep it under the seat on a WD, let the officer (try) to read it after a rainy day! LOL

There's no exception for antiques?

It's actually anything over 17,000 lbs according to WayneIndependent.com a news site out of Wayne county Pennsylvania that did a story on tractor regs. It apparently is a move by the federal gov. to force the state to do it by threatening not to give them certain funding money. It reads as if the tractors have to be registered also.

If I interpreate the verbage correctly the restrictions only apply when the tractor is towing an implement.

Who cares how big the tractor is that it regulates it is still another loss of a liberty by our wonderful gov. and what do they use to control funding.......I wish one state would tell them were to go and do without the funding.......it will only be a matter of time before it creeps down to lawn tractors having to be registered

Hi,

I am agreed with this law. Yes definitely this law will applicable for the tractor driver & their family relating to safety and income.

Thanks


Lawyer


Edited by Angel Thomas - 20 Apr 2010 at 2:16am

If that's lawyer script no wonder they have such a great reputation! My 6 year old grand kids compose better than that!

Looks like we have a new member to the forum.

Bob, we need Angel here so we can get the true nature of the beast we are up against. Mike and John and the other Bob are more like all of us. Angel is not but this type is what is in our future and they may be the boss at some point if we don't get our government back to strict constitutional law.

Brian Jasper co. Ia wrote: I think if I were governor of a state and the feds pulled that sort of thing, I would say collect your own federal taxes, the state is no longer going to handle it. Like Anthony says, another bit of liberty chiped away.

Trouble is Brian, Fast Eddy is a union supported "tax 'em all to death" crook himself!

His first post