WHY USE AGROPERMITS?

2013 Wisconsin Act 377 created a free permit for Implements of Husbandry (IoH) and Agricultural Commercial Motor Vehicles (Ag CMV) exceeding the new weight and length limits. Failure to carry the permit would result in a fine ~ $2,500 per violation after April 25th, 2015.

We understand that producers, city & county councils as well as law enforcement officials have limited time and plenty of urgent matters to attend to. Farmers prefer to spend time in improving production efficiencies to feed the people than navigating complex regulations, fillingout paper work and worrying about legal compliance& penalties.

Agropermits offers an efficient system to assess the permit requirements, apply for & receive necessary permits, and demonstrate compliance to law enforcement officials in a simple and cost effective manner.Our innovative methodology and Excel template simplifies the data collection process and helps you collect data 5 times quicker. We will auto populate 1000's of pages of application forms for you saving time, effort, and Money while eliminating human error component. Our algorithms understand complex IoH& AgCMV regulations and helps you avoid costly penalties by determining your no-fee permit requirements for each city, county, and state.

BENEFITS TO TOWNSHIPS AND COUNTIES

Townships and counties are not equipped with enough staff to scrutinize and approve IoH and Ag CMV permit applications. The problem is compounded by the fact that there is no fee associated with these permit applications to hire extra staff. Expected processing times for applications range from 3 to 6 weeks. AgroPermits offers an efficient and cost effective solution for Counties and Townships to these problems. Our system provides a fully electronic platform to perform all aspects of permitting process such as weighing of the equipment, applying for permits, processing & issuance of permits, and demonstrating compliance to law enforcement officials using our IoH smartphone app. This will save millions of pages of paper and helps with environmental sustainability.

Maintaining Authority Console (MAC) can be used by cities and counties to login, approve, and manage the permitting process easily. MAC prescreens 1000’s of the applications received and groups them in low, medium, and high risk categories based on excess weights above the allowed limits. Our algorithms incorporate your evaluation criteria in performing prescreening of applications. The Maintaining Authority (MA) can focus on reviewing high risk applications more thoroughly while quickly approving low and medium risk applications. Our google maps routing engine lets the Maintaining Authority suggest alternative routes to the applicants electronically. Cost savings are significant while the processing times would be cut to just 1 to 3 days from 3 to 6 weeks.

Permit applications submitted through our system will have the target fields identified on the map along with the routes so that the maintaining authority can easily suggest alternative routes by simply adjusting the routes on electronic google map. If a maintaining authority is not using our system then fields would not be identified on the map and suggesting alternative routes on the paper maps becomes a difficult and time consuming process.

COMPLIANCE SIMPLIFIED IN 3 EASY STEPS!

NO INTERNET CONNECTION IS NECESSARY FOR APP TO WORK ON ROAD

Use any GPS enabled smart phone or tablet to display permits to law enforcement officials quickly. The app will work on the road without an internet connection. However, you need to synch the app with the server at least once a year to download the copies of permits and approved routes.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Less than what it would cost if you do it manually!

Let’s think about the cost of obtaining a permit. You must weigh all the power and towing unit combinations. Using our system and data input template, you can complete this step 4 times quicker. One must assess where permits are required based on IoH, AgCMV, city, county, state, overweight, and excess length variables and regulations. Next, one needs to fill out and submit the application forms to the maintaining authority followed by printing and maintaining of applicable permits in the vehicles. It would take an educated staff person at least 30 to 45 minutes per permit to take care of this. On top of it, it is likely that you have 1 or 2 managers overseeing this project to ensure that everything was done as per the regulations. You also have to factor in the potential for human errors and opportunity costs for being not able to do something else more productive. Our smartphone app, which is part of the service, helps to keep the vehicles on approved routes and avoid costly citations.

Our goal is to deliver an efficient and cost effective solution to meet your compliance needs. We strongly believe that our service delivers an effective solution at a significantly lower cost. If you are representing a city/township, county, or state and interested in using our system for permitting process, please send an email to sales@agropermits.com with your contact details and request for a quote.