1. (a) Determination of status. Any motor vehicle originally designed to be used for the transportation of property, to which machinery has been attached, may be considered special mobile equipment if the attachment of the machinery:

   1. (1) Is permanent.
   2. (2) Precludes the use of the vehicle for transportation of freight, merchandise, sand, gravel, chemicals, fertilizer or other load, except tools incidental to the specialized use of the vehicle or a trailer with a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less.
2. (b) Trucks. When the criteria in subsection (a) do not apply, the motor vehicle shall be registered as a truck.

Source

The provisions of this § 13.2 amended September 13, 1985, effective September 30, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 3247. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (90182).