Attorney General Gentner Drummond today issued an opinion protecting farmers from being cited for not having a highway escort when they haul equipment between fields. The opinion, A.G. 2026-11, clarifies state law concerning oversized vehicles.
Oklahoma law generally requires a vehicle wider than 12 feet to be accompanied by an escort vehicle while traveling on state highways. The rule is meant to keep large loads like construction equipment, oversized machinery and manufactured homes safely visible to other drivers.
Drummond's opinion concludes that requirement does not apply to farm equipment. Oklahoma law defines equipment used exclusively for farming, such as swathers and balers, as an “implement of husbandry” rather than a “vehicle,” and specifically excludes implements of husbandry and the trailers used to haul them from the state's definition of “vehicle.” Because the escort law only applies to vehicles, it does not apply to farm equipment or the trailers hauling it.
