Farm vehicles

Those who operate covered farm vehicles as defined in... 

Covered Farm Vehicles — The physical qualification requirements do not apply to drivers of covered farm vehicles as defined in 390.5. 

Farm vehicles — See 383.3(d)(l). The vehicle must be used to transport either agricultural products, farm machinery, farm supplies, or both, to or from a farm within 150 miles. This exception only applies if the state decides to exempt these vehicles. 

Certain farm-related service industries (restricted CDL) — See 383.3(f). This applies to agri-chemical businesses, custom harvesters, farm retail outlets and suppliers, and hvestock feeders in states that have decided to exempt these industries. These regulations also do not apply to drivers of covered farm vehicles (as defined in 390.5). 

There are exceptions to specific regulations scattered throughout all parts of the regulations, so one of the things you will want to watch for when reading the different parts of the regulations are specific exceptions. An example of this is 390.39, which exempts covered farm vehicles as defined in 390.5 from specific regulations. 

General exemptions — Unless your drivers operate I farm equipment during harvest time, a covered farm vehicle, or you transport live bees (apiarian operation), you don t need to worry about the general exemptions listed here. 

Agricultural operations Expands and better defines the current hours-of-sen/ice exception for the transportation of agricultural commodities and farm supplies, by defining agricultural commodity and Tarm supplies for agricultural purposes. The definitions now include livestock and livestock feed. This exception was expanded to 150 miles under MAP-21, and now includes wholesale to retail transportation of farm supplies. MAP-21 also exempts covered farm vehicles (as defined in 390.5) from the hours-of-service regulations (see 390.39). 

Part 396 concerns itself with the safety of your commercial motor vehicles. Part 396 is relatively small, containing only 13 regulations and no subparts. All intermodal equipment providers and motor carriers, regardless of type (private, for-hire, property-carrying, passenger-carrying, etc.), and the size and type of commercial vehicles they operate, are covered by these regulations. The only exception to Part 396 applies to covered farm vehicles, as defined in 390.5. 

Special farm vehicles have been developed for the handling of ammonia as a fertilizer in agriculture. Containers mounted on farm equipment and used as mobile storage for supplying ammonia as it is applied to the soil in the field are called applicator tanks. Containers mounted on farm wagons and used to transport ammonia over the highways and to replenish applicator tanks are called nurse... 

The exposure to WBV occurs when a person are exposed to head-to-toe vibration (Wasserman 2001). Samples of occupational exposure to WBV include tmck, bus, heavy equipment, forkhft, and farm vehicle drivers, train engineers and conductors, hehcop-ter and fixed-wing aircraft pilots and ship personnel. The WBV exposure represents a loss and a high risk to the professional environment and can influence the health and safety of the persons exposed (Griffin 1990 Seidel Griffin 2001 Brammer 2010). 

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