169.801 IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY.
    Subdivision 1. Exemption from size, weight, load provisions. Except as provided in this
section and section 169.82, the provisions of sections 169.80 to 169.88 that govern size, weight,
and load do not apply to:
(1) a horse-drawn wagon while carrying a load of loose straw or hay;
(2) a specialized vehicle resembling a low-slung trailer having a short bed or platform, while
transporting one or more implements of husbandry; or
(3) an implement of husbandry while being driven or towed at a speed of not more than 30
miles per hour; provided that this exemption applies to an implement of husbandry owned, leased,
or under the control of a farmer or implement dealer only while the implement of husbandry is
being operated on noninterstate roads or highways within 75 miles of any farmland or implement
dealership: (i) owned, leased, or operated by the farmer or implement dealer and (ii) on which the
farmer or implement dealer regularly uses or sells or leases the implement of husbandry.
    Subd. 2. Weight per inch of tire width. An implement of husbandry that is not self-propelled
and is equipped with pneumatic tires may not be operated on a public highway with a maximum
wheel load that exceeds 600 pounds per inch of tire width before August 1, 1996, and 500 pounds
per inch of tire width on and after August 1, 1996.
    Subd. 3. Hitches. A towed implement of husbandry must be equipped with (1) safety chains
that meet the requirements of section 169.82, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); (2) a regulation fifth
wheel and kingpin assembly approved by the commissioner of public safety; or (3) a hitch pin or
other hitching device with a retainer that prevents accidental unhitching.
History: 1993 c 187 s 17; 1997 c 143 s 15