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VIRP 13.070: Mobile Cranes

Commercial Vehicles

Executive Summary

California DMV VIRP section 13.070 (Mobile Cranes) covers a crane is a vehicle equipped with a device that unfolds to various heights such as hoists, lifts, ladders, booms, derricks, and shovels. This includes manufactured mobile cranes, such as Lorraine, Northwest, Challenge-Cook, P&H, FMC Linkbelt, Manitowoc, American, Grove, Demag, Koehring, Badger,…. Part of Commercial Vehicles. Tags Clinic hosts the official manual text unchanged below for dealers and registration services in California.

Key Takeaways

  • A crane is a vehicle equipped with a device that unfolds to various heights such as hoists, lifts, ladders, booms, derricks, and shovels.
  • This includes manufactured mobile cranes, such as Lorraine, Northwest, Challenge-Cook, P&H, FMC Linkbelt, Manitowoc, American, Grove, Demag, Koehring, Badger,….
  • The exceptions to this definition are tow trucks, wreckers, and vehicles designed or used to transport property.
  • Vehicles that meet the definition of a crane must be assigned a “crane” body type.
  • This includes concrete pumps and pumper booms, oil-well service rigs, and other similar equipment to be issued SE plates.

Important Facts

Manual section
13.070
Chapter
Commercial Vehicles
Manual text
Verbatim DMV VIRP source below the overview
VIRP 13.070: Mobile Cranes | California DMV Registration Manual – Tags Clinic