Need advice for company I just purchased

The only way to know for sure is inside the driver door jam. My guess is it is under 26,001 rated weight!

 

Those are city delivery trucks, no dot# on the door, I had one with a lift gate, hauled home furniture, appliances, air freight, general freight, no log book.Just check with the state. Registration for the state base plate , getting an intrastate Authority or go onto the FMSCA web site and get a dot #. Then park it in your driveway and make your neighbors mad.

 

Congrats on buying a new business! That’s exciting stuff right there!

 

This is a new "reality" TV show, right? I can't wait for the next episode and see how this turns out.

 

As I stated in post #10 I won't get into that interstate/intrastate thing. Be advised a Navstar 4300 IS a CMV as defined by 390.5. The HOS rules from 395 DO APPLY. Of course, I do not know the intrastate rules of that state and to be honest, don't really care. Now by your no logbook comment I don't know if you mean no log required if running locally, or you are saying no HOS compliance required at all. There is a major difference!
As to what type of truck it is. The OP clearly said it was a moving business. I take that to mean most likely it is interstate operations outside of a local area. This means DOT operating authority and LOGS!

 

OP needs to open the FCMSA website and read the section on Moving companies and the ability for wronged customers to address wrongs of the bedbuggers...States consumer protection agencies may have some additional hoops to jump through too.

Transfer of authority and DOT would require establishing one's own process agent and filing insurance...most likely a new DOT number and/or new MC number.

In essence it looks like the OP simply purchased a used truck with ambitions of making it a business -or- bought a tall tale from a less than legitimate moving "company", wink, wink, nudge, nudge

 

To be honest, I think this topic was posted to the wrong forum. It would be better served in the OO thread. Let's be real here a minute. The largest problem for this person is not really the rules and regulations. It is going to be getting a good insurance rate and getting brokers to give the OP good loads. With no experience in this business, the insurance rates will be large and most brokers will tell the OP to pound sand. I honestly think the OP would be better served leasing that truck, at least for the short term.

 

I was referring to before deregulation, now probably have to have one to push s a wheel Barrow

 

SUCKER!!!!

I mean congratulations!

(teasing ya)