Idaho Admin. Code r. 39.03.01.312

Current through September 2, 2024
Section 39.03.01.312 - OVERWIDTH PERMITS FOR IMPLEMENTS OF HUSBANDRY
01.Farm Tractors on Interstate Highways. Farm tractors transported on Interstate Highways are required to have special permit authority if width exceeds nine (9') feet. A farm tractor when attached to an implement of husbandry or when drawing an implement of husbandry will be construed to be an implement of husbandry and no permit is necessary. Farmers, equipment dealers, or custom operators may be issued single trip or annual permits under this rule for transportation of farm tractors, having a width in excess of nine (9') feet to or from a farm involving Interstate Highway travel. The transportation of farm tractors or implements of husbandry for hire, or not being transported from one farm operation to another, is a common-carrier operation. Exemptions from legal width limitation do not apply to common-carrier operations. Farm tractors or implements of husbandry hauled for hire, or used in the furtherance of a business (not to include farming operations), are subject to the same special permit regulations as other oversize loads when the width of the load exceeds legal-width limitations, and must operate under oversize permits.
02.Other Than Farm to Farm. Implements of husbandry exceeding eight feet six inches (8'6") in width being transported require a special permit to move, except for the following situations:
a. The implement is being moved from one (1) farm operation to another farm operation.
b. A farmer, employee or relative of the owner of the implement, or equipment dealer is transporting implements of husbandry or equipment for the purpose of:
i. The repair or maintenance of such implements of husbandry and equipment when traveling to or from a farm to a repair or maintenance facility during daylight hours; or
ii. The purchase, sale, lease or rental of such implements of husbandry or equipment when traveling between a farm and a dealership, auction house, or other facility during daylight hours.
03.Farm Permits. Annual permits will be issued to towing units or to self-propelled farm tractors or towed units, or blanket permits may be issued to an Idaho domicile applicant without vehicle identification. Such blanket permits may be transferred from one (1) vehicle to another vehicle but will be valid only when the permit is with the overwidth vehicle and/or load. A photocopy of the permit is valid, provided that the Pilot/Escort Vehicle Travel and Vertical Clearance of Structures Map furnished by the Idaho Transportation Department are included. Such annual permits for implements of husbandry or farm tractors are subject to the same maximum dimensions, travel time exclusions, and safety requirements as other overwidth annual permits.
04.Overwidth Farm Trailers. Trailers or semi-trailers exceeding eight feet six inches (8' 6") wide, but not wider than the implement of husbandry, used for the transportation of implements of husbandry to or from a farm for agricultural operations, will be exempt from special permitting requirements. This exemption does not apply to trailers or semi-trailers used in common carrier operations, hauling for hire or used in the furtherance of a business (not to include farming operations)
a. Exempt trailers, as listed above, may not be used to haul implements of husbandry that are narrower than the overwidth trailer.
b. Empty trailers, as listed above, being used to pick up or drop off an implement of husbandry from a farm to a farm are also exempt and must be reduced to a practical minimum dimension (i.e. dropping side extensions).

Idaho Admin. Code r. 39.03.01.312

Effective July 1, 2024