Inspection and Safety Requirements. A farm vehicle exempt from registration is exempt from annual safety inspection requirements, unless the vehicle qualifies as a Type I vehicle and has a gross weight or gross vehicle weight rating greater than 17,000 lbs.17 Regardless of whether an exempt farm vehicle is subject to periodic inspection, the following minimum safety requirements and equipment must be met while the vehicle is operated on public roads: - Rear Reflectors, - Brake lights, - Adequate braking system, - Tires in safe operating condition, - Rear wheel xxxxxxx to bar substances from being thrown from the rear wheels at tangents exceeding 22.5 degrees from the road surface, - Rear view mirror, - Horn, and - Functional exhaust and muffler system.18
Inspection and Safety Requirements. Implements of Husbandry are exempt from annual safety inspection requirements unless the implement of husbandry is registered and determined by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to have a truck body type.37 Implements of husbandry are also exempt from requirements to have a rearview mirror.38 If not equipped by the original manufacturer, implements of husbandry are not required to have a horn,39 or front or rear bumpers.40 Lighting equipment is not required for implements of husbandry operated between sunrise and sunset, or during periods other than periods of reduced visibility.41 However, during 34 75 Pa.C.S § 1302(2)(i).
Inspection and Safety Requirements. Registered trailers are subject to periodic inspections. They are also required to display a valid inspection sticker.71 However, an exemption from periodic inspection is provided to trailers with a registered gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less.72 Trailers towed by vehicles other than implements of husbandry must have rear lighting, if the trailer or the trailer’s load obstructs the rear lights of the towing vehicle.73 Required lighting would include rear lights and reflectors, brake lights, turn signals and hazard warning lights that meet the standards established in the Department of Transportation regulations.74 If the trailer is connected to a ball-and-socket hitch or a pintle hook without a locking device, two safety chains must also be used to link the trailer with the towing vehicle. The chains must be of equal length, and the chain’s strength must be at least equal to the gross weight of the trailer. The chains must be connected in a crossed pattern, must be connected in a manner that prevents the tow bar from going to the ground in the event the bar becomes disconnected
Inspection and Safety Requirements. There is an annual inspection requirement for registered commercial implements of husbandry of 17,000 lbs. or less, and a semi-annual inspection requirement for registered commercial implements of husbandry of 17,001 lbs. or more.50 A commercial implement of husbandry operated exclusively between the hours of sunrise and sunset and not during periods of reduced visibility or insufficient illumination is exempt 48 75 Pa.C.S § 1922. 49 75 Pa.C.S § 102.
Inspection and Safety Requirements. There is no inspection requirement for multi-purpose agricultural vehicles.58 Vehicles used exclusively for highly perishable crops for processing, operating only between May 20 to October 15, and between sunset and sunrise, must have two rotating yellow beacons and vehicular hazard signal lamps while travelling on highways other than freeways.59
