With Texas farms and ranches covering more than 130 million acres and employing every seventh working Texan, farm equipment operators and motorists must work together to help make the state’s roadways safer during planting and harvest seasons, and throughout the year.
TRANSPORTATION CODE CHAPTER 541. DEFINITIONS - Texas …
(14) "Road tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used to draw another vehicle but not constructed to carry a load independently or a part of the weight of the other vehicle or its load.
Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 541.201 | FindLaw
Jan 1, 2024 · (14) “Road tractor” means a motor vehicle designed and used to draw another vehicle but not constructed to carry a load independently or a part of the weight of the other vehicle or its load.
Driving Your Tractor on Texas Roads
Jan 21, 2020 · Believe it or not, you actually can take your tractor on the road. Even though it doesn’t function the same way a car or truck does, Texas law acknowledges it as a road vehicle under the right conditions. Understanding these conditions is the best way to stay safe and avoid a …
Farm Tractor Road Safety Training Program. This program aims to educate tractor operators on safe practices for operating tractors on public roads. The objective of this program is to train tractor drivers on the vehicle requirements, general trafic rules, and operator responsibilities when using tractors on public roads.
Safe Tractor Operation: Driving on Highways - Texas A&M …
Jan 25, 2022 · This 3-page publication describes the legal requirements for operating a tractor on public roads, safe driving and towing practices, and other precautions to keep you and your family safe.
Texas Transportation Code Section 502.256 – Fee: Road Tractor
Jan 1, 2012 · Fee: Road Tractor. The fee for a registration year for registration of a road tractor is the fee prescribed by weight as certified by a public weigher or a license and weight inspector of the Department of Public Safety under Section 502.252 or 502.253, as applicable.
Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 547.606 | FindLaw
Jan 1, 2024 · (a) A road tractor, truck, trailer, truck-tractor in combination with a semitrailer, or semitrailer in combination with a towing vehicle that has at least four tires or at least two super single tires on the rearmost axle of the vehicle or the rearmost vehicle in the combination shall be equipped with safety guards or flaps that:
Road dangers with farm equipment
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation Workplace Safety offers tips for farm tractor road safety. Each year since 1944, the third week of September has been recognized as National Farm Safety and Health Week. …
A tractor operator’s best defense to avoid a collision with a motor vehicle on public roads is to make the tractor as visible as possible. This is critical because of the difference in travel speed. For example, a car traveling 50 miles per hour approaches a tractor traveling 20 miles per hour in the same direction on the road. If the driver ...
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