Posted by trucker 40 on October 27, 2010 at 17:34:58 from (69.149.14.168):
In Reply to: D O T numbers posted by rrlund on October 27, 2010 at 07:07:34:
Alright this kind of stuff seems to come up quite a bit,and there is a lot of confusion about it.There is a Owner/Operator,Independent Driver Association called OOIDA.They can probably tell you what you need to know about most anything to do with trucking in the USA.From a cell phone call 816-229-5791.From a landline call 1-800-444-5791 or go to http://www.landlinemag.com/ and if you can somehow get into the archives its probably in there.They are nice folks however and are knowledgeable about trucking issues.
If you ask a cop in one state the next state will be different.I spent 15 years as a OTR truck driver and I know.So be sure and ask what your state says about it and what the law actually says about trucking issues.
Things have gotten more standardized over the years,but there is still some stuff thats different.Plus some of the people that run the association are farmers so they probably know if they use a truck like that.
Just a DOT number basically is about Insurance and other issues and the Federal Government has everybody using them now.Basically the DOT number is used for the same kind of purpose as the old ICC number was.I forget what the difference is now but they added more stuff on it.It has to do with how your trucking is classified.There is a record someplace that will say that you are a farmer,whether or not you haul for other people,what insurance you have,what states you operate in,plus they have some federal road use tax on what you do probably,so you want to ask a lot of questions if you get somebody who knows about this stuff.Maybe you ought to write down all of the questions you can think of before you call.Also you can probably call the Highway patrol in your state to get information on the stuff you dont get an answer for.If not the highway patrol then a scale house or DOT somewhere in your state.
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