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| I believe you need a medical card according to the link Patriot81 posted. See text below directly from that link. Also from first hand experience, Im pretty sure you need a medical card. I got pulled over 1 1/2 yrs ago by a MSHP commercial vehicle enforcement officer(Blue uniform, not one of the brown uniformed DOT guys) He was really nice and asked to see my CDL, medical card, registration, etc. I informed him that I didnt have CDL or medical card because I am using my own truck, hauling my own grain. He said I dont need a CDL but I do need a medical card. I said, no disprespect but we checked with the state about the medical card some time back and were told we didnt need it. He said that was incorrect and that they probably got confused thinking it was for a straight truck which doesnt require a card(like it says in the text below). He said Im sure Im right but for both of our piece of mind he would bring it up on his computer. It took him a minute but it plainly said that with a truck and trailer, I needed to have a medical card even though it is my truck and my grain. He didnt write me a ticket and said if he saw me the next day, he wasnt going to pull me over and write me up but that I should go ahead and get it at my earliest convenience. Another thing to note, shop around for where you get it done. A lot of small offices dont do them because of the certification requirements by the government. I went to the one closest to home. I didnt ask how much it would cost and didnt realize there was a big price difference. I believe it was $180. This was a small town office. I later found out that a larger town with a pretty good size clinic only charged $75 and it was only 20 miles further.
Medical certification is not required for custom
harvesters, bee keepers transporting live bees,
or to the drivers of farm straight trucks (without
trailers) owned and controlled by the farmer
operating within a 150 air-mile radius of the
farm transporting agricultural products, farm
supplies or machinery to or from the farm.
Exception does not apply to for-hire operation
or to vehicles transporting hazardous material
required to be placarded | |
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Missouri CDL laws
