Wisconsin Code § 347.49

Equipment of vehicles transporting flammable liquids
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(1) In this section, “flammable liquid”
means any gasoline, naphtha, benzine, fuel oil, crude oil,
kerosene or other liquid which has a flashpoint of 80 degrees
Fahrenheit or less as determined by a Tagliabue or equivalent
closed-cup test device.
(2) No person shall transport in or on any motor vehicle,
trailer or semitrailer upon a highway any flammable liquid except
by tank mounted on or attached to or structurally a part of such
motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer and which is plainly marked
to show that flammable liquids are being transported therein.
(3) This section does not apply to transportation of
flammable liquids as freight only by the consumer from the place
of purchase to the place of consumption if such liquids are transported in drums or other containers having a capacity of not more
than 100 gallons each and if the total amount of such liquids so
transported in any one vehicle or combination of vehicles does
not exceed 500 gallons.

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