When Calvin Schmidt recently contacted Farm Equipment, his inquiry was rather straightforward: What does the law have to say about tractor hour meter tampering? Unfortunately, the answer isn't nearly as straightforward as the question. What was discovered is that regulations differ significantly by state and province and enforcement is often spotty.
Hour meters on tractors and combines act much like car and truck odometers. Both can be used to gauge the overall wear and tear on a machine. Yet, where there is a federal law to protect odometers from being tampered with, there is far less regulation on hour meters.
Generally speaking, it is against the law to perform fraudulent practices relating to motor vehicle odometers. The replacement, disconnection or the reset of an odometer of any motor vehicle on which the odometer does not recognize the true mileage driven is a fraudulent practice and can be punishable with a class 1 misdemeanor.
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