Farmers Can Get Free “Slow Moving Vehicle” Sign
Contact: Richard Brzozowski, Cumberland County office of Cooperative Extension, 800-287-1471 (within Maine)
ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension has teamed up with farm equipment dealers to offer free Slow Moving Vehhicle (SMV) signs to Maine farmers this summer. Placed on the rear of farm tractors and implements traveling less than 25 miles per hour, the sign is designed to warn other drivers of the slow moving vehicle they are approaching.
With summer in full swing, many Maine farmers and farm workers are on public roads moving equipment, livestock, hay and crops with tractors. “Operating a farm tractor on a public road can be a dangerous situation,” says Richard Brzozowski, Extension educator in Cumberland County. “Tractors move slowly, and other drivers need to recognize that.”
Farmers can obtain one free SMV sign by contacting the UMaine Cooperative Extension at 1-800-287-1471 (toll free in Maine only). Farmers will receive a coupon and a safety packet on the use of tractors on public roads and how to install the SMV sign. They can redeem the coupon at their nearest participating farm equipment dealer to pick up a new bright sign.
Farmers are asked to redeem the coupon before September 1. Participating farm equipment dealers include the following businesses:
Delekto Brothers – Auburn
Greenway Equipment Dealers- Bangor
Greenway Equipment Dealers – Ellsworth
Hall Implement Co. – Windham
Hammond Tractor – Fairfield
Ingraham Equipment Center – Knox
Kramer’s Inc. – Sidney
MPG Truck & Tractor – Presque Isle
Scammon Tractor – Saco
Theriault Equipment – Presque Isle
Union Farm Equipment – Union
Waterman Farm Machinery – Sabattus
Wescott & Sons – Gorham