New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter H - Classification Of Vehicles And Regulation Of Nonvehicular Devices › Part 105 - Special Purpose Commercial Vehicles › Section 105.3 - Descriptions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
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.