Permits

Off the top of my head...

Free -Register for DOT #
Free -Register with FMCSA for "New Entrant" audit
Free -Register for MC#
Free -Started employee files and records keeping, and associated requirements for FMCSA
$150 set up, $50 per test-Enroll in random drug testing program for all employees including yourself
$550-File Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax with IRS
Good Luck!-Get Insurance per FMCSA and submit on form MCP 65
"Base Plate" cost. mine was $2200 for only a few jurisdictions-Register with IRP in your base state and add states you anticipate running through (know I need trip permits for rest), get plates and cab card in truck.
Free -Register with IFTA and get stickers on truck.
$75 -Register with the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR)
Unknown...I am private carrier-File OP-1 (Motor Property Carrier and Broker Authority) with FMCSA
Unknown again-BOC-3 (Designate Process Agent) with FMCSA
Free for me!-Get graphics with company name, city and state, DOT#, IFTA stickers


I just do per trip permit $120ish last trip for combo permit-Oregon- temporary mileage pass before you enter the state, or post a $2000 bond and file monthly- (No permit, $520 fine)
http://www.oregontruckingonline.com/...ction=services

Free-New Mexico weight/distance tax-
http://www.tax.newmexico.gov/All-Tax...tance-Tax.aspx

Unkown-New York HUT-
http://www.newyorkhut.com/

Free-Kentucky KYU#-
http://transportation.ky.gov/dmc/owo..._owod.htm#Q1-a

 

Can one get a permit to deadhead a used truck, purchased in another state, to the state where it will eventually be set up? I'm considering buying a truck but it's all the way across the country! Lots of states to drive through!

 

Thank you so much for the information. 1 last question if you know the answer... The companies you mentioned that will set all this up for you.. do you know what they are called? As in i need to know what TYPE of company they are so i can research for one in my area. Thanks again you are a big help.


-Killstein

 

Yeah it's called an intransit permit and you can get from the truck dealer, or if a private sale from the DMV in the state you buy it when you transfer the title.

 

Killstein, just Google "trucking authority" and a whole list of 'em will show up, that will get ya headed in the right direction.

 

IRP is supposed to work on the actual miles you travel inthe actual states you drive in. When NJ joined IRP [NJ & RI were the last 2 to join] they had 'class' at NJ Motor Truck.

You are only able to estimate for your initial year. The second year you report your actual miles and any states you didn't go to will be dropped. If you want to keep them they first apportion your actual miles across the actual states and then add the minimum charge for each of the dropped states and add it on top of your renewal cost.

If you don't go thru all 48, you are supposed to let them drop off and then get trip permits which gives you mileage to report for the next year and that puts the state back on your next cab card.

Multiple trucks get set up in 'fleets'. I used to do 8 states on my day cabs and 30 some on my sleepers. As long as one unit in the 'fleet' visits each state on the cab card, the states stay on all the cab cards in that fleet.

I also knew an owner operator who kept no records and would fib his mileage for the whole 48. The next year renewal would show the numbers from last year. He would just add or subtract a few digits and always left them as odd numbers. He was not audited when I knew him BUT some states do audit your IRP and IFTA so your mileage may vary!

 

and truck in the dark [ undercover of the night ]

 

Thank you tons... you have been a great help!

-Killstein

 

Does it matter what state is your "home" state for your baseplate??? In other words, is one state better than the next one???

 

It's the one you have a physical presence in ie your home for an o/o or your office. You can't just say I want a FL plate when you live in Indiana.