DOT in Illinois

[Pops15]

We bought a 28 ft trailer 4 years ago here in TN for hauling our tractor. No tag is required on the trailer as long as we stay in TN. However, if we pull the trailer out of state we need to get a tag for the trailer.

Obed

Not sure how it is now, but used to be IL would allow out of staters that didn't need trailer tags in their home state to go without tags here....up to a certain weight limit.

 

[Reg]

Anyone know anything about Illinois state police and/or DOT writing $1000.00 tickets for Kentucky farm tags when pulling trailers?

Are these FARM trailers ? (e.g. hay wagons ?)
I don't know anything SPECIFIC about Illinois, but GENERALLY farm tags are for in State use only, with very few exceptions for State border farms - maybe a few miles, but I wouldn't count on it.
I think if I was THAT close to a State border and had good cause to cross State lines with a farm trailer I would get farm plates from both States.

Make sense ?

If people have farm plates on their RV trailers behind their lux trux - $1K seems fair (-:

 

[Duffster]

Are these FARM trailers ? (e.g. hay wagons ?)

No, not hay wagons.

 

[Reg]

No, not hay wagons.

...and you KNOW that for CERTAIN - how ?
(-:

I think farm plate abuse is a fair revenue target.

A couple of local examples;
Delivering decorative mulch to suburban homes.
Doing Spring and fall yard clean up - same suburban homes.
Hauling (non-draft) horses to shows.
{my opinion, just my opinion}

 

[Reg]

thinking about it, i have not seen a "weight" station off of highways around here. being open for some time. granted i do not travel near highways all that much. but it has been forever since i have seen one open.

on other hand. i have seen regular pickup trucks and trailers being pulled over a good amount of last couple years. a couple of them i remember, setting there for over 2 hours plus. i think they police were waiting for State police to show up with portable weight station. only reason i caught it, due to going into town to get some parts or like. and coming back and still seeing the police and person still in there vehicles waiting there.

i am not good with Peoria County police, due to a nuisance farmer. can not keep his live stock in, fed, water, and taken care of. and is reason why i went with regular tags vs farm tags. the one time i would end up doing something not farm related, i would most likely do something stupid and not even realize it, till i see the pull over lights.

That has been a general trend.
Maintaining and staffing weigh stations full time is expensive and States appear to have found "better" ways to do it.
Portable (roaming) units that set up on the usual route-around roads are very popular here.
Landscaper trailers with bobcats or mini-ex often ARE overloaded
Those guys know where the full time weigh stations are and avoid them.
They're fair enough "targets" for the "weigh station in a van" - IMO.

I don't know the details, but from what I can gather there is some sort of self certification at freight yard check out scales.
This allows trucks to by-pass many weigh stations - signs reading something like "Trucks not receiving automatic signal must pull through weigh station" (approx wording).
There are overhead beams with what look like radio antennas and video cameras on them.

 

[Duffster]

...and you KNOW that for CERTAIN - how ?
(-:

Wagons don't need plates.

 

[ashdump]

Wagons don't need plates.

That would be an implement of husbandry not subject to DOT rules and also not allowed on an interstate.

 

[Reg]

Wagons don't need plates.

Duhh...

I knew THAT (-:

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Does anyone here know if the 'alleged' Kilo_buck tickets are for blatant abuse ?
e.g. non-farm "pleasure" use.

 

[oldnslo]

Here in Northern Illinois DOT is getting very tough on truckers lately. Pulling them over and nit picking them to death.

There are two bridges here locally where the weight limit is different going north Vs south on the same bridge. I know of several truckers that have been caught on them.

This info is from my FIL who is a driver and has been for 30+ years. Last fall the DOT would set up camp at a couple of the local grain elevators and ticket trucks that where over weight when they pulled on the elevator scales.

State is broke so you have to steal from some one to make up for the corruption in Springfield.....

 

[aczlan]

I don't know the details, but from what I can gather there is some sort of self certification at freight yard check out scales.
This allows trucks to by-pass many weigh stations - signs reading something like "Trucks not receiving automatic signal must pull through weigh station" (approx wording).
There are overhead beams with what look like radio antennas and video cameras on them.

I think that what they do is to seal the container, then transmit the weight/cargo to the system. This allows them to skip most of the weigh stations.

Aaron Z