I think everybody is looking at this a little backwards. I think the problem lies within the fact that he has no Agricultural product being produced with his land, be it cows, chickens, corn, hay or whatever. That's the argument you're going to come up against if anyone files a complaint and you use the excuse of "Hey, its zoned Agricultural".
The type of equipment really doesn't matter but the fact that you're not producing something does, even if you're zoned Agricultural. That's not to say that just because a property is zoned Agricultural, that you have to produce something with it. That's not the point I'm making.
Yes, its zoned Agricultural so you can put whatever equipment you want on the property and claim it for Farm Use.....but if anyone asks what you're doing with it, how are you to explain that with nothing to show for it. Around here there are some farmers with some of the same type of equipment as our overburden contractor here at the quarry. There's another guy who changes equipment like he changes clothes...and we're talking big stuff like Cat 365's and such. What they do with it I don't know, really don't care, but I
do know that they are producing a staple with their land.
Sorry to get off topic, but if there are plenty of farmers that bend the comercial rules, so why not bend the Ag rules?
I have a problem with this statement. Atleast have a better reason than "everybody else does it". That doesn't really make a very good defense with the Zoning Board...