GlockRDH
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sometimes they are used as mowers...when a deck is underneath or behind it...the its a mower that you can ride...
The US Government handed out subsidies to farmers up to 50k , CUTTING YOUR LAWN qualified as FARMING so the Lawn Tractor (proper definition ) is qualified as a impliment of husbandry.
Any **** house lawer could prove this !
If you will notice, that exception expired on June 30th 2010. It is a moot point.
Let's assume for just one moment that it did not yet expire (which it has). Unless you were in a rural area where it was legal to discharge a firearm, you still would not have been able to take advantage of the exception. It was an exception for shooting animals, not a general carry exception. If you may not shoot animals, you may not even carry.
Well I'm zoned AG so I'm good !
Gotta keep the kritters under control ya know...
Let me put this another way. Today's date is July 5th 2011 which is after June 30, 2010 when the exception expired. This means that you are not good to go as there is no exception which you may take avantage of.
A tractor is still a "Vehicle" and there is no exception for private property, even Up Nort... 167.31... You are prohibited from the Open Carry of a firearm in your tractor...My tractor (340.01(16) ) , My Property, Open Carry, Good to Go ! the OP did not say CC on lawn mower but OC on Lawn Mower UP NORTH !
One polock to another GO for IT !!!!!
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100% wishful thinking. You are ignoring the other definition of the word "may" which is "have the ability to". It is this definition which is used when enforcing 167.31. If it has the ability to transport people or property whether being drawn or it provides its own motion, it is a vehicle. That is why the DNR does not consider a car with the engine removed and is on blocks a "vehicle" for the purposes of 167.31 even if it is licensed and registered.I think youre failing to see or acknowledge the defination of the word 'may'... it means that youre 'allowed to'...and garden tractors ARE NOT allowed to be registered for use on roadways... (im sure you remember raising your hand in school and asking your teacher 'Can I go to the bathroom'. To which her response is 'I dont know CAN you?'..then youd reply, 'MAY i go to the bathroom?'..hence obtaining her permission...and allowing you to use the facilities and NOT pee your pants....Thus the definition of 'May' as opposed to 'can'
We have posted the definition of "vehicle" literally dozens of times.... it is getting kind of silly because people refuse to look up the Statute even though it is provided over and over.... The definition of vehicle has ZERO to do with legally operated.
Vehicle includes your kid's Hot Wheels and Radio Flyer wagon... It is nearly anything with wheels..
"340.01 Words and phrases defined
(74) “Vehicle” means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except railroad trains."
So, golf carts without lights, turn signals, or license plates may be operated on the public highway?
And Hot Wheels cars and Radio Flyer wagons are permitted to operate on roads with speeds up to.... 40mph?
As a poster recently pointed out "May" and "Can" mean different things.
One "Can" rob a bank, all it takes is a note demanding cash. But one "May Not" rob a bank, as that's a prohibited behavior.
100% wishful thinking. You are ignoring the other definition of the word "may" which is "have the ability to". It is this definition which is used when enforcing 167.31. If it has the ability to transport people or property whether being drawn or it provides its own motion, it is a vehicle. That is why the DNR does not consider a car with the engine removed and is on blocks a "vehicle" for the purposes of 167.31 even if it is licensed and registered.
100% wishful thinking. You are ignoring the other definition of the word "may" which is "have the ability to". It is this definition which is used when enforcing 167.31. If it has the ability to transport people or property whether being drawn or it provides its own motion, it is a vehicle. That is why the DNR does not consider a car with the engine removed and is on blocks a "vehicle" for the purposes of 167.31 even if it is licensed and registered.
I KNEW I sensed greatness eminating from you sir.
The Statute says nothing about being "registered for use". It simply says "device by which ....may be transported or drawn upon a highway"....and garden tractors ARE NOT allowed to be registered for use on roadways... '
guys, I'm WA not WI, but I don't understand the argument, on your own property, WI restricts you? I find that hard to take....In WA, your property is your property, Sheriff better have a GOOD reason to be on your property and try to tell you what you can or cannot do. Not even in Seattle would the police say anything, if you were on your own property (or, with permission, anyones private property) permit or no permit. Public highway, yes; private road, property, no way.
BTW: A mower is a piece of agricultural equipment. Look up the dicitionary definition of "horticulture" My lawn isn't any different than my pasture, except I use a machine and not an animal to keep it trimmed. My "lawn mower" is a "garden" tractor, with a mower mounted under it, rather than a field mower that usually is pulled behind a larger machine.
Link: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/hunt/regs/deer.pdf
Scroll down to the bottom of page 4 for the DNR definition of a "vehicle": includes any device, motorized or not, in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or towed upon a highway or other roadway.
Then scroll down to page 20 for "ARMS TRANSPORTATION". It is very clear that we cannot open carry on any "vehicle" as defined by the DNR.
Somewhere in the DNR website there is a discussion about a child's wagon being a "vehicle" IAW their rule. If it has wheels it is a "vehicle".