(a)
Farm custom operation. The rules in this part do not apply to a driver
who drives a commercial motor vehicle controlled and operated by a person
engaged in custom-harvesting operations, if the commercial motor vehicle is
used to—
(a)(1) Transport farm machinery, supplies, or both, to or from a farm
for custom harvesting operations on a farm; or
(a)(2) Transport custom harvested crops to storage or market.
(b)
Apiarian industries. The rules in this part do not apply to a driver who
is operating a commercial motor vehicle controlled and operated by a beekeeper
engaged in the seasonal transportation of bees.
(c)
Certain farm vehicle drivers. The rules in this part do not apply to a
farm vehicle driver except a farm vehicle driver who drives an articulated
(combination) commercial motor vehicle as defined in §390.5. (For limited
exemptions for farm vehicle drivers of articulated commercial motor vehicles
see §391.67.)