Well, instead of playing the guessing game I did a bit of searching and found what is needed. http://www.in.gov /dor/files /osowhandbook.pdf This site won't let links post normally so you'll have to remove the spaces I put in. Thats the State of Indiana Oversize Overweight handbook in PDF form. Look at page 5 and it gives the farm exemptions. The one issue I see is the requirement that the equipment "can be moved without material damage to highways". What exactly they define as material damage to highways is key. I don't think a 14 foot disc would be damaging, but if you cut a corner and put a divot in the pavement that might give you problems. I'd still be careful and look in there and elsewhere for additional information. Maybe your state farm bureau does like NY and publishes an informational book that is so good it's even issued to the NYSP.
Just remember, this information is SPECIFIC TO INDIANA, it doesn't apply once you cross a state line.
Something else to consider, if it were me and I was hauling an oversized farm equipment item, I'd flag it as well as I could, SMV sign, flashing lights if you think it'd help. As I used to tell the guys hauling oversized loads here, " It's not me and a ticket you really need to worry about, it's Great Aunt Hester creaming your trailer and putting in a call to her nephew Seymour Goldfarb, Esq, the ambulance chasing attorney. THAT is why you take every precaution you can. A $300.00 ticket is nothing compared to the $3 million dollar lawsuit that will cost you $30K to defend yourself against.
This post was edited by Bret4207 at 04:54:44 12/08/12 2 times.
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