Is it a OK if you run a commercial enterprise in your vehicle with DV plates?

Is it OK if you use your truck with Farm Truck plates for personal use?

Not sure why #2 is a problem. Just tell them your going to Tractor Supply to pick up one bag of feed for your cow.

Easy answer. What does the law say? If it says no, its not okay. It it says yes, its okay.

If it says neither, it's ok

"If the rules do not expressly prohibit, it must mean I can."
- Smokey Yunick

It depends

From the DPS site, among other activities, the following use of a farm truck is permitted:

• Transporting the owner's family:
  to attend church or school:
  to visit a doctor for medical treatment or supplies: or
  for other necessities of the home or family.

So a farm truck can be driven for personal non-farm use, though probably not solely personal use.

TxSquarebody said:

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If it says neither, it's ok

"If the rules do not expressly prohibit, it must mean I can."
- Smokey Yunick

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That's exactly what the 10th amendment says. Anything not prohibited by law is up "to the people".

Burdizzo said:

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Is it a OK if you run a commercial enterprise in your vehicle with DV plates?

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As long as they don't park in handicapped spots. Most DVs I've seen are in better shape than a majority of the population.

Burdizzo said:

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Is it a OK if you run a commercial enterprise in your vehicle with DV plates?

Is it OK if you use your truck with Farm Truck plates for personal use?

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LP fees are just more taxes. **** them and their bull**** taxes!

The short answer is that a veterans ability/qualification to work is not determined by their disability rating (even if a fully disabled rating) with the Veterans department.

It's also a system that is rife with fraud but no politician wants to run on cutting disabled veterans' benefits so it's unlikely to change any time soon.

Do it. Doubtful someone throws a fit about DV plates on a commercial vehicle. If they do, you will win the court of public opinion and see a boom in business.

Tramp96 said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Is it a OK if you run a commercial enterprise in your vehicle with DV plates?

Is it OK if you use your truck with Farm Truck plates for personal use?

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Disabled veterans can't have a vocation?

They're disabled, not dead.

The DV means it was a service-related cause. That doesn't mean they can't still seek gainful employment.

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Their employment should reduce their disability rating. Disability means they're unable to work (or work at full capacity). If they're working, they don't need to be paid by the tax payer every month, tax free, for the rest of their lives.

Capt. Augustus McCrae said:

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Tramp96 said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Is it a OK if you run a commercial enterprise in your vehicle with DV plates?

Is it OK if you use your truck with Farm Truck plates for personal use?

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Disabled veterans can't have a vocation?

They're disabled, not dead.

The DV means it was a service-related cause. That doesn't mean they can't still seek gainful employment.

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Their employment should reduce their disability rating. Disability means they're unable to work (or work at full capacity). If they're working, they don't need to be paid by the tax payer every month, tax free, for the rest of their lives.

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Veteran Disability is a misnomer. It is not a disability the is likened to a regular disability you can get government disability payments.

It is a medical anomaly that if you didn't serve in the military, you wouldn't have endured. So because the military service caused a medical issue for you, veterans are being compensated for the injury that they would not have suffered if they weren't in the military.

And yes, a lot of veterans try to get as much they can. Especially for injuries that are subjective or have no concrete way of proving that the veteran actually still suffers from.

Tramp96 said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Is it a OK if you run a commercial enterprise in your vehicle with DV plates?

Is it OK if you use your truck with Farm Truck plates for personal use?

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Disabled veterans can't have a vocation?

They're disabled, not dead.

The DV means it was a service-related cause. That doesn't mean they can't still seek gainful employment.

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This isn't necessarily true. My BIL has been categorized as unable to work. I think this is what VA calls Permanent and Total Disability that's unlikely to improve. There are others that have a 100% rating but can and do still work.

fc2112 said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Is it a OK if you run a commercial enterprise in your vehicle with DV plates?

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As long as they don't park in handicapped spots. Most DVs I've seen are in better shape than a majority of the population.

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Law changed 2 sessions ago regarding DV plates. Now DV plates need the wheel chair symbol on the plate or a hang tag to legally park in HC spots.

Claude! said:

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From the DPS site, among other activities, the following use of a farm truck is permitted:

• Transporting the owner's family:
  to attend church or school:
  to visit a doctor for medical treatment or supplies: or
  for other necessities of the home or family.

So a farm truck can be driven for personal non-farm use, though probably not solely personal use.

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This is correct. It is also wildly abused. If you are pullimg a boat, or on vacation in Colorado with FT plates, you are abusing the privilige.

The abuse has dropped significantly sinceTexas began requiring that you hold a farm tax exemption to purchase farm truck plates.

Some will tel you that you have to have FT plates to deduct a pickup on income tax forms. Total nonsense. The feds don't care what the state does, and in 45 years of farm tax returns, the question has never been asked.

As far as avoiding taxes, I disagree. You're cheating others who are playing fair. The system was designed to help farmers who might own multiple pickups and trucks, many of which seldom travel public roads. Abuse could lead to the privilege being taken from everyone.

Personally, I used commercial tags on my main pickup, because I did pull a boat, and I didn't want to be limited.

Frankly, if you own a $100,000 pickup or Suburban, and you lie to save $70 a year on tags, you're a jerk

will25u said:

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Capt. Augustus McCrae said:

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Tramp96 said:

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Burdizzo said:

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Is it a OK if you run a commercial enterprise in your vehicle with DV plates?

Is it OK if you use your truck with Farm Truck plates for personal use?

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Disabled veterans can't have a vocation?

They're disabled, not dead.

The DV means it was a service-related cause. That doesn't mean they can't still seek gainful employment.

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Their employment should reduce their disability rating. Disability means they're unable to work (or work at full capacity). If they're working, they don't need to be paid by the tax payer every month, tax free, for the rest of their lives.

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Veteran Disability is a misnomer. It is not a disability the is likened to a regular disability you can get government disability payments.

It is a medical anomaly that if you didn't serve in the military, you wouldn't have endured. So because the military service caused a medical issue for you, veterans are being compensated for the injury that they would not have suffered if they weren't in the military.

And yes, a lot of veterans try to get as much they can. Especially for injuries that are subjective or have no concrete way of proving that the veteran actually still suffers from.

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It's an all volunteer force. It has been for some time. There's some implied risk when joining, in my opinion. After about 2014, very very very few members of the military saw combat. Plumbers don't get paid for the rest of their lives for their hurt backs.

Unless you're missing limbs or burned or mamed, I don't think the taxpayer should have to burden that liability in perpetuity.

I wasn't arguing, I was just explaining it for anyone that didn't know.

I was in the military, and do have some injuries that still affect me 12 years after I got out. Main one being that I broken my foot while training to deploy to the ME, and the military doctors treated it for tendonitis. I don't remember what the treatment was since it was 20 years ago, but probably Ranger candy(800mg Motrin) and light duty? But this was in the middle of NTC and I continued to train with a broken foot. I got back and was still hurting so went to the Dr again and it was already healing so they left it alone.

I still have pain and have to be careful what shoes I wear, how tight I tie them, and if I walk run a long distance my foot will hurt later that day/next few days.

Not to mention all the stress and strain you put your body through in the military. I honestly feel like it adds 10 years to your bodies age in regards to aches and pains of getting older.

But I respect your point of view also.