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FIELD 97 - CARGO BODY TYPE(S)
Cargo Body Type(s)

Select the cargo body type(s):

01 - Van/Enclosed Box is used for all enclosed trailers and enclosed cargo vans.


02 - Cargo Tank is used for a single-unit truck, truck/trailer, or tractor/semi-trailer having a cargo tank.


03 - Flatbed is used for a cargo body without sides or roof, with or without readily removable stakes which may be tied together with chains/slats or panels. This includes "stake trucks."


04 - Dump is used for a cargo body designed to be tilted to discharge its load by gravity.


05 - Concrete Mixer is used for a single-unit truck with a body specifically designed to mix or agitate concrete.


06 - Auto Transporter is used when the available information refers to a cargo body capable of transporting multiple, fully assembled automobiles on an "auto transporter" trailer. Do not use this code for flatbeds transporting vehicles (e.g., flatbed tow truck, or flatbed semi-trailer carrying wrecked/salvaged automobiles).


07 - Garbage/Refuse is used for a cargo body that is specifically designed to collect and transport garbage and refuse. This includes both conventional rear-loading and over-the-top bucket loading garbage trucks. Also included are recycle trucks and roll-off style garbage trucks.


08 - Grain/Chips/Gravel is used for trucks that discharge their loads by gravity from the bottom (i.e., belly dump).


09 - Pole Trailer is used for a cargo body type that consists of a trailer designed to be attached to a towing vehicle by a reach or pole or by being boomed and secured to the towing vehicle. These are ordinarily used to carry property of a long or irregular shape, such as telephone poles. The pole trailer extends or retracts to accommodate varying lengths of cargo.


10 - Logging is used for a cargo body type with a fixed middle beam and side support posts specifically designed for carrying logs. This includes single-unit log trucks.


11 - Intermodal Container Chassis is used for a cargo body type used for a trailer specifically designed to have a rail or ship container mounted directly on the chassis. These should not be confused with van/enclosed box cargo body types. Intermodal containers may also be mounted on a flatbed trailer, in which case 03 - Flatbed is the cargo body type.


12 - Vehicle Towing Another Vehicle is used when vehicles that have no cargo carrying capability but are in the act of towing another motor vehicle where the towed vehicle has at least two wheels on the ground. These are often called "drive-away, tow-aways" and will be applicable to tow trucks and specially rigged truck tractors. This includes "saddlemount" configurations. Does not apply to vehicles "towed" by being loaded on a flatbed or auto transporter.

22 - Bus (Seats for 9-15 People, Including Driver) is used for motor vehicles with seating for transporting nine to 15 people, including the driver.


23 - Bus (Seats for 16 People or More, Including Driver) is used for motor vehicles with seating for transporting 16 people or more, including the driver.


96 - No Cargo Body – (Bobtail, Light Motor Vehicle with Hazardous Materials [HM] Placard, etc.) is used for any medium heavy truck with no cargo carrying capability (bobtail); a truck chassis with a cab only (stripped chassis); and light trucks and passenger vehicles displaying a hazardous materials placard. Other examples of 96 - No Cargo Body – (Bobtail, Light Motor Vehicle with Hazardous Materials [HM] Placard, etc.) would be Sign Trucks, Fire Trucks, Tow Trucks, etc.


97 - Not Applicable (Motor Vehicle 10,000 lbs. or Less not Displaying HM Placard) is used for automobiles, motorcycles, passenger vans (with less than nine seats, including driver) and single-unit small trucks or vans (10,000 lbs. or less GVWR), not displaying hazardous material placard.

98 - Other is used when the cargo body type is other than the body types listed above. This includes 2-axle, 6 tire pickups greater than 10,000 lbs. without a trailer. This does not include a pickup pulling a trailer (truck/trailer). Use the Cargo Body Type of the attached trailer in these situations.

99 - Unknown is used when the cargo body type is unknown. For example, an unidentified hit-and-run vehicle.
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