It doesn't change. Read what it says for exemptions from the FMCSA regs- "390.3f3- The occasional transportation of personal property by individuals not for compensation nor in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise;" That part in bold is what puts either "In the book" or "Out of the Book". That's the very first question anyone wondering about DOT applicability should ask- Is it commercial? If it's not, you're just hauling in a parts tractor for your collection perhaps, you aren't even "in the book"...you don't fall under DOT regs. Now, if you owned a tractor museum then you have a different kettle of fish, but if it's just for your collection then no prob. If you are like me and the tractors you haul home are for the farm, then you have a commercial enterprise and have to go to step 2- " Is the GVWR or CVWR of the vehicle involved over 10K lbs?" If so, then you are a Commercial Motor Vehicle- period. After that you get into exemptions and such and that gets more complex. Add to that that some states, NY for sure, have adopted the FMCSA regs en masse. A NY resident with a CMV HAS to comply with the FMSCA- period. That made a lot of people really, really happy with our bonehead Legislature that had no clue what they were doing. That's why every CMV in NYs is supposed to be flying a DOT number, even if they never get more than 5 miles from home.
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