Reactivate MC number versus a new MC number

Why?

 

Mc will not be active until you have insurance. I’m not sure how you would get insurance without a truck.

 

If a customer looks up your number just to see when it was created and if it is active
Reactivating an older MC might give you a slim advantage over a brand new number.
Also reactivating might save you a few hundred bucks versus starting new.

Ask your insurance agent. It might save a little on the insurance premiums.

 

Call an agent.

 

I had a 3yr old MC that never went active cause insurance was way to high for me at the time. 3yrs later i picked up where i left off. Called Fmsca to reactivate, paid couple hundred, filed insurance and started up. Maby a little different than your situation but i do know you wont be active till you get insurance on file with them. At todays rates on insurance it would be tough to just pay insurance to have a truck parked. Also..if your gonna register the truck with your insurance on renued mc i dont believe you can have that same unit leased on to another carrier while you get that yr under your belt . I could be wrong, but thats how it was explained to me when I tried to lease a truck to oilfield with my MC attached to that truck.

 

If the old mc was voluntarily deactivated the. I would use it. Some look at the dates but some just hear an older number and feel more comfortable.

Besides, I’d guess there is some pride involved in using your Dads old number. Would be for me.