DOT and HOT SHOTS

[BIGNASTY]

We are going to Indianapolis Indiana to move our Daughter. We are using PODS moving containers that she has loaded ready to put on my 30' goose-neck Big Tex trailer the PODS are 8x8x16 and 8x8x8 so the size and weight are not a problem.



My question is about the DOT. Will they hassle me with pulling into scales? to check! its a personal load but how are they to know? I have seen HOT SHOTS haul these containers but never thought about the scales until now. If I hang a NOT FOR HIRE sign on the front, back and both sides would that be enough or will they still hassle me. I was going to run a log book just to have for personal trip info anyway.



Thanks for any info



BIG

 

[GHarman]

BIG,
IMHO, Insure the load.
At replacement value!
GregH

 

[BIGNASTY]

BIG,

IMHO, Insure the load.

At replacement value!

GregH

Thats not a Problem at all GMan, our insurance covers ANYTHING!!! I haul, drive not matter WHO owns it or what it is being hauled. I told the insurance guy that sometimes I drive a Prevost Motor home that's about a mil and a half No problem!!!

 

[Wayne M.]

Hey BIG, you can move those pods? I see them around here being moved by the pods host truck. There's no proprietary bs there? Good luck on the haul.

How you getting them on? I would definetly hang the NOT FOR HIRE signs everywhere!

 

[GHarman]

Thats not a Problem at all GMan, our insurance covers ANYTHING!!! I haul, drive not matter WHO owns it or what it is being hauled. I told the insurance guy that sometimes I drive a Prevost Motor home that's about a mil and a half No problem!!!

Oo. :-laf

 

[Wayne M.]

Big,

I don't know what route you plan to take, but Nebraska and South Dakota (at least the last time I ventured across there) require all pickups pulling trailers to enter the scale if the scale is open. RVs are exempt. I've rolled across the scale and gotten the green light every time. In South Dakota, I had a trooper cross the median and run alongside me, presumably to check my tie downs on a pickup I was hauling. He slowed down and crossed back over, so I guess he was happy with what he saw.

Bud

Not doubting at all. Just curious. How long has that been a rule, and how'd you find out about the scale thing?

 

[BIGNASTY]

Hey BIG, you can move those pods? I see them around here being moved by the pods host truck. There's no proprietary bs there? Good luck on the haul.
How you getting them on? I would definetly hang the NOT FOR HIRE signs everywhere!

Ya thats how we got our Son's things moved from Ca to here, You assume responsibility for any damage and you go over the container VERY WELL BEFORE you use it. We had no problems at all and I even showed the guy where my Chain and Binder bent a tie down point on his container was willing to pay for it, but he said I dont see a thing wrong. Ya they want you to use their truck actually its not even their truck that hauls them on the road. They have a company truck drop it off and pick it up but they throw it on a Flatbed truck using it as a back haul I still know O/O that use them as a back haul to get someplace that they can pick up a better paying load or just to fill in the dead head miles.

Big,

I don't know what route you plan to take, but Nebraska and South Dakota (at least the last time I ventured across there) require all pickups pulling trailers to enter the scale if the scale is open. RVs are exempt. I've rolled across the scale and gotten the green light every time. In South Dakota, I had a trooper cross the median and run alongside me, presumably to check my tie downs on a pickup I was hauling. He slowed down and crossed back over, so I guess he was happy with what he saw.

Bud

I will pull into scales I guess I was wondering what they wanted really? When we moved to MT from Ca I went thru the scales a few times and 2 times they called me in and TOLD ME YOU DONT NEED TO but sure as H*** I dont they come after ya. Was thinking of Nebraska route but that could change cause of weather.

The way I got my Son's on the trailer is a winch and ramps. The trailer that I have is a straight flat bed somebody ordered it and for what ever reason didnt get it. I wanted one with the flip over dove tail ramps but the price was right and the ramps that I made slide under the rear of the trailer between the frame rails and I just chain the end down ya dont even see them when in storage.

BIG

 

[BIGNASTY]

YUP still got mine I may not be able to use a clutch but IM NOT GIVING MY TICKET UP!!! EVEN WITH THE ENDORCMENTS, I dont know if I could pass the tests to get it back anymore :-laf:-laf:-laf

 

[BIGNASTY]

Might even do a little site seeing along the trip. Told the wife this she about fell over :-laf SHE SAID NO WAY!!!! the world must be coming to an end, you stop! for anything other that to get rid of or resupply with coffee????



http://iowa80truckstop.com/



I seen it on TV and thought someday, so it may be the day when I go.

Its sad to say but I still miss driving, I see a nice truck go by and wonder where he's steaming off to??

 

[Wayne M.]

I'm a CDL holder. Job requirement. So by default, I'm a sign reader, and why I have interest in this thread. My coworkers hate or are afraid if the trucks. It's not really our job to drive em, just fix em. But I like to pull off a left curb parallel park now n then

 

[BIGNASTY]

Wayne I dont think that a Mechanic should be without a CDL. How can they say its fixed if they dont drive it, other than just to a parking spot in the yard.

 

[mfurrh55]

If you are not a COMMERCIAL vehicle you do not need to stop, unless it states all vehicles pulling a trailer must stop, otherwise just keep going, I haul alot cross country and the only places i had to stop at was Nebraska and South Dakota, Also i used to drive O/R for 5yrs. , Monte

 

[BIGNASTY]

If you are not a COMMERCIAL vehicle you do not need to stop, unless it states all vehicles pulling a trailer must stop, otherwise just keep going, I haul alot cross country and the only places i had to stop at was Nebraska and South Dakota, Also i used to drive O/R for 5yrs. , Monte

Dont want to start a war here but all pickups in our state are Commerical taged!!! so in that case we all should pull in, unless like Ca that has a sign out that states NO PICKUPS.

 

[mfurrh55]

How come?Don't make sense ,making them register as commercial

 

[mfurrh55]

I register mine as Farm use

 

[BIGNASTY]

Mine IS commercial Farm use, I dont think that the Cops think to much about it, more than likely its just another way to make more money at the DMV. I haul the tractor and hay on the flat bed and animals in the stock trailer and not just riding stock, beef and FIL's bulls and drive on passed our scales they dont come after me!!

 

[Wayne M.]

Dont want to start a war here but all pickups in our state are Commerical taged!!! so in that case we all should pull in, unless like Ca that has a sign out that states NO PICKUPS.

New York also. If it's over 6500GVW and doesn't have a full height cap on the back, it's a commercial vehicle wearing commercial plates along with all the rules that apply (Name on door, tax stamp etc. etc. )

Put the cap on, then it's usually called a suburban, and that's how mine is classified. Passenger car plates where the limit is 9900.

 

[NIsaacs]

I can see where the new heavy gvw's of the new trucks could cause questions for drivers and law enforcement. The old limit of 10,000 lb one tons are out the window now. In Salt Lake City trucks over 12,000 are not allowed in the left two lanes. How would you regulate a 2012 rated 10,500 and a 2013 rated 14,000, they look the same



Nick

 

[HBarlow]

I register mine as Farm use

I don't think "farm use" plates will influence DOT LEOs in other states. It may be open to interpretation but you could be simply commercial to them. You're probably hauling hay to sell anyway so you are definitely a commercial hauler and required to meet all DOT regulations. I may have forgotten but I'm thinking agricultural exemptions in Texas are limited to a certain operating radius.

 

[Bill Stockard]

I don't think "farm use" plates will influence DOT LEOs in other states. It may be open to interpretation but you could be simply commercial to them. You're probably hauling hay to sell anyway so you are definitely a commercial hauler and required to meet all DOT regulations. I may have forgotten but I'm thinking agricultural exemptions in Texas are limited to a certain operating radius.

It's 150 miles intrastate from a farm or ranch. For more details on Farm Truck registration check this handbook: http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/InternetForms/Forms/CVE-13.pdf

Bill