How can a company have 2 USDOT numbers?

Not sure, but if they have a separate brokerage, they may have a separate number for it.

 

Companies can have multiple MC#'s under one USDOT#. MC# is just a docket # with insurance info and stuff. I noticed everytime our company changes addresses, they get a new MC# but keep the same USDOT#.

 

Schneider has 3.

264184 is Schneider National
164311 is Schneider National Bulk
46596 is Schneider Transport

 

Diffrent Divisions, Sometimes for diffrent insurance needs.

 

We have Peterbilt tractors that pull live bottom trailers for filling bulk bags of sand or gravel, and they pull flatbeds. Same company, some trucks have 2 DOT #s, some have one or the other. It's a different division of the parent company that I work for hauling aggregate products in a transfer dump, which some have a different DOT# as well.

MSUbulk.com

Maybe you have seen our bags at Home Depot or Lowes!

 

Can you run more than one dot number or do you have to cover one up

 

This has changed a bit, The DOT is searching out carriers who, when one DOT number has gotten a bad record, switch over to the other number. They are cracking down on this and want only one number unless you have a big company with different subsidiaries