Boat Hualing

good luck with your new venture. i dont know how you could stay busy only hauling boats but if he can get the work, i would say go for it. as far as i know, you MUST follow HOS and logs if you are hauling over i want to say 10,000 lbs but that doesnt sound right. keep us posted! good luck!

 

You will be subject to the HOS rules for commercial vehicles since the gvwr on the pickup truck is over 10,001 lbs.

You will need a mc #, insurance of at least 750,000, but maybe even 1 million if batteries are involved on the boats.

You will need drivers files, drug testing and log books.

 

DOT only requires liability and cargo in the amount of $100,000.00 This is the minimum for the permit to be valid. Your customers base will dictate the amount of cargo you will need. Most boats that you will haul with pickups will be valued at under 100,000. Batteries are not considered hazardous unless they are fully charged and then you would have to have a minimum amount (WHICH A BOAT WOULD NOT HAVE). Good luck

 

When I got my authority to haul rv's, they required 750,000 of commercial liability. The factories required me to carry cargo insurance of 100,000.

I only mentioned batteries, because they treat cars with batteries as having the higher insurance liability.

link to site showing insurance level
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration-licensing/licensing/registr.htm

 

Sorry, I meant 100,000 of cargo. Most liability polices are for 750,000 min.

 

Mine several years ago, was over 9,000 a year and limited me on the area I could run.

Closed up my authority and went back as leased driver.

 

With large boats fuel may be an issue . Any boat/vehicle hauled should have minimal amount of fuel . I red of a hauler pulling a boat that had over 160 gallons of fuel on board that was parked and cited because he didn't have a hazmat endorsement or placards . I believe placarding and endorsement are required when transporting over 119 gallons