Politics? No, this is about survival... Get a CDL to drive your tractor.

[Patriot]

Someone suggested that farmers shouldn't need to get a CDL to drive a standard tractor-trailer combo around,  i don't agree with that either.  If you're driving an 18-wheeler, get the license,  If you're driving a tractor around the farm, you don't need it. 

My reference wasn't to a semi rig.  I was referring to Pop's JD pullin a hay wagon or Billiy Bob's 2 ton grain truck, between  fields on a public road.

[Patriot]

I just don't see anything that restrictive being passed.

Our founders likely didn't see a lot of what we've got these days either.  You really do fail to see the corrupting nature of power, don't you?

[readyaimduck]

at the age of 8 or so, I was told to learn to drive the '40 Ford pu...granny gear and stick..I did on the dirt roads (well first in a pasture, so I couldn't hit anything).  Then at 12 I was taking that same truck to town to unload wheat.

No one made a fuss and everyone knew at that time it was wheat harvest, and to watch out for the slower vehicles.

Times have changed and it is my belief that those making the rules either have forgotton what it takes to make a living on a farm(an underage teenager helping to make the living) or else they are not from the rural areas.

I say screw that possible law...I have had a CDL liscense, and yes, it would not be passed by most farmers.
Someone sitting behind a desk trying to force laws down our throats, needs to farm for one day or 3.

I hate puppet masters.  and the sad part is:  they get off on pulling the strings as it is "the best interest of the country"
Well, I say pshaw and spit to the grass!
ready

[redcliffsw]

Thi is another case where the Fed's are imposing themselves upon the citizens of the States and the States.

Those government people who dream of these things ought to be fired or laid-off and their agencies abolished.

[readyaimduck]

and their agencies abolished

I might agree with that statement, however are you talking the DMV which is overseen by the KDOR which is overseenby...
ad naseum.....

I say take out the  guy who thought it up in the first place!
ready to vote

[redcliffsw]

Yeah, well I agree with you about taking out those who promoted and approved the idea.

However I think that you're refering to the State DMV and I wasn't.  I'm saying abolish the federal dept/office that is scheming this plan for CDL's.  It should be easy to identify them.

[Patriot]

I say screw that possible law...

That's the problem.. this is a DOT Regulation having the effect of law, imposed by unelected, unappointed bureaucrats and blessed by the likes of Tzar Cass Sunstein.

[Patriot]

I think if we want to make our highways safer, then we shouldn't have allowed Mexican trucking companies to send their trucks into the US to just haul freight wherever they want.

In contrast, that situation illustrates perfectly the insanity of the proposed regulation.

[srkruzich]

Patriot just trying to see your point. What is your problem with people having to get a Commercial Drivers License to drive farm equipment on public roads? Many pieces of farm equipment are very big and take a special skill not possesed by a driver of a passenger car. This proposal does not impact those who drive on non-public roads or property. Educate and enlighten me as to your point, if you can. (I am totally serious and no kidding, poking, name calling etc.)

David

Bullshit.  I grew up driving farm tractors.  My kids drove their first one at 7. Sheesh.  I was operating dozer and backhoe on my grandpas farm when i was 10.  Gotta love grandpas! 

[srkruzich]

Lets see if I have this right.  If these new regs were to be put in place, you would need a CDL to drive a farm tractor a quarter of a mile down a dirt road in the middle of absolute nowhere, but still just need a regular license to drive a 40 foot motor coach style RV from Key West, Florida to Seattle, Washington via Portland, Maine and San Diego, California?

I don't mind the rv's as much as i mind the idiots pulling a 32' trailer in a 5th wheel setup with a underweight power plant.   Seen more of those jacknifed than i have seen farm equipment jacknifed. 
But Lord no, you can't require a cdl for that, the bluehairs will come unglued!