From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Sun Nov 20 2005 - 20:03:15 PST
Yes I do still need to pay for tags and insurance, but I am really in an
entirely different boat than an independant trucker who is a common
carrier with an MC number Authorization. I can't haul freight for pay
legally, so my insurance requirements are entirely different. (Read a
lot less money) I don't need to run the trucks to make money as the
transportation of freight is not my core business. Hence if I can't
make it pay to move something, I just don't do that job, but pursue
other work. (Fortunatly there has been enough other work.)
Owning and running a 26K lb flatbed is a lot different than a semi due
to the lack of IRP requirements (or permits in most states) for trucks
26K and below.
Likewise owning and operating as a common carrier is more expensive than
operating as a private carrier. I haven't checked it out recently, but
I believe that a regular common carrier with an 18 wheeler has to
maintain 1 million worth of cargo insurance (meant to protect the cargo
owner) plus liability insurance. That's a big ticket item right there.
Being a private carrier, I don't need to do that. I just need to
carry liability as a minimum.
One of the problems that we have in the USA is that the trucking laws
are way to complex. Consequently most of the government officials I
have talked to really don't understand the laws they are suppose to
enforce and deal with. The local BMV people are almost totally clueless
when it comes to trucks. I went to register my 48 foot flatbed trailer
as a semi trailer (which is what it is), and they couldn't tell me the
difference between a permanent plate and a yearly plate the the
trailer???? When I said I wanted a permanent plate, they went to the
file drawer and said sorry, we are all out!! So I bought a yearly
plate. (About $45 in Indiana)
Ironically the 14K lb plate for my 20K lb gooseneck trailer was about
$250.00. I have seen a 40K lb pintle hitch trailer loaded with an
excavator (one of the big ones) with a 12K lb tag on it. Apparently he
doesn't go across the scales very often, but also, apparently he hasn't
been pulled over by the cops either!!! Law enforcement on trucks and
license plates is erratic at best in this country.
Dave
Sonny Heath wrote:
> Yes, I agree Everette BUT he still has to pay insurance and tags whether
> he moves a mile or not, correct? Thats the kicker,
>
> Sonny
>
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>> Dave is one of the fellows I said stopped at truck stop for fuel,
>> food, toilet and then back on the road.....
>>
>> He is very correct, if they do not pay the way let the truck sit on
>> home lot.
>>
>> Everette
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