Sec. 105.3. Descriptions

The following terms will have the following meanings:

(a) Agricultural spreader or sprayer.

A truck or tractor-trailer combination used to transport chemicals, including lime, fertilizer, pesticide and water, and spread or spray such chemicals on crops or fields. A spreader or sprayer of paint or anything but agricultural chemicals shall not qualify as an agricultural spreader or sprayer. A transporter of agricultural chemicals which does not spread or spray such chemicals on crops or fields shall not qualify as an agricultural spreader or sprayer.

(b) Earth mover.

A motor vehicle in excess of eight feet in width, equipped with pneumatic tires, designed, constructed and used for transporting earth and rock in connection with excavation and grading work.

(c) Feed processing machine.

A machine that harvests, threshes, cleans, compacts or alters food for human or animal consumption.

(d) Fire vehicle.

A vehicle specially designed and equipped for fire fighting purposes by a firefighting unit on property used for industrial, institutional or commercial purposes and which vehicle is owned by the owner or lessee of such property. A fire vehicle now maintained for shows, exhibitions, parades, etc. shall not be registered as a special purpose commercial vehicle.

(e) Mobile car crusher.

A machine that flattens cars or other metal.

(f) Power shovel.

A machine that utilizes a bucket to dig out ground, earth, stone or similar substances, and deposit it elsewhere. This description includes a backhoe, front end loader or wheeled excavator.

(g) Road building machine.

Any of the several machines that are useful in constructing highways but do not transport property over public highways. Common examples of road building machines are motor graders and scrapers. When such machines are used in a project other than building or repairing a highway, they remain road building machines. Dump trucks, tank trucks, concrete mixers and any other vehicles which transport property over the public highways may not be registered as road building machines. Concrete pumps and other vehicles utilizing conventional truck chassis may not be registered as road building machines. A road building machine may not be capable of travel at a speed in excess of forty miles per hour.

(h) Road roller.

A machine used to smooth out freshly poured asphalt or earth.

(i) Road sweeper.

A machine which sweeps debris from the road.

(j) Sand spreader.

A truck which spreads sand on the public highways. A sand spreader may carry no load other than sand on a public highway. A truck or other device which spreads liquid fertilizer or anything else but sand may not be registered as a sand spreader.

(k) Snow plow.

A machine specially designed for snow removal whether by pushing it with a blade, blowing it away or lifting it into a truck. A truck or passenger vehicle with a snow blade attached shall not be registered as a special purpose commercial vehicle.

(l) Tractor crane.

A machine for raising, skidding, shifting and moving logs or other heavy objects in off-road locations. The lifting capacity must be such that three tons (2700 kg) can be lifted at one time. A tractor crane may not be operated on public highways while transporting any load.

(m) Truck crane.

A machine for raising, shifting and lowering heavy loads by means of a projecting swinging arm. The lifting capacity must be such that a load can be raised twenty or more feet from the ground. The machine must proceed forward on tires in contact with the ground. Examples of truck cranes are derricks, aerial bucket trucks, concrete pumps, and cherry pickers, all of which have no cargo capacity. A truck which regularly tows other vehicles shall not be considered a truck crane.

(n) Truck with small wheels used in a factory, warehouse or railroad station.

A fork lift machine or other uniquely designed machine that will be operated on highways only for distances of one mile or less.

(o) Well driller.

A machine that drills wells. A truck or derrick which supports special apparatus used for boring holes, whether the apparatus is percussion or rotary, is a well driller. A truck such as a pickup truck or tank truck may not be registered as a well driller.

(p) Well servicing rig.

A truck which is capable of carrying at least one thousand pounds of casing (pipe), five hundred gallons of water, and welding supplies simultaneously and which is necessary for a well driller to drill or service a well.