TABLE OF CONTENTS
Helpful Numbers and Websites 4 Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) 5 Agriculture Exemptions Items Not Covered by the MAP 21 Exemption 7 Applicable Regulations that Still Apply to “Covered Farm Vehicles” 7 Some CMV Rules that Apply 8 General to protect against shifting and falling By weight of load or article (1/2 weight) By length (one device for every 10 linear feet or fraction of load) Cargo Specific regulations including light and heavy equipment State Laws that apply to CMVs 9 Vehicles operated with distillate special fuel Securing of Loads Splash Aprons/Mud Flaps Over Size Permits and Exemptions 10 General Size and Weight Info 10 Vehicles Hauling Animal Feed, Livestock or Poultry Vehicles Hauling Unfinished and Unprocessed Farm products, Forest products or other Products of the Soil Vehicles Hauling Compacted Seed Cotton Farm Implement Escort Requirements 12 Registration of Farm Vehicles and Trailers — (H) Class Eight 14 List of Items Needed to be Present in Farm Trucks 18 Definitions 18 Mini-Trucks 20 All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) 22 Transportation of Farm Workers and Seat Belts 26 Texting while driving; Mobile Phone Use 26 Pre-Trip Checklist 27