Can We?

Well......Good on the both of you.

My suggestion is to give yourself as much of a reserve fund as you can.

PM me with details of your plan if you don't want to go into it here.

Inquiring minds want to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Tankergirl.. What kind of truck you guys getting? If you dont mind me asking.

 

What plan?

 

Like......UUUUHHHH

Where you gonna get your freight....small details like that

 

Probably a T 600 not the most team friendly but we wont know for sure till we check out some others on the lot. Iam a KW person she likes them too. But we both like space. But i think we should go with quality over quantity at this point and time.

 

I purchased a truck in Indiana in June, and drove it home to Florida bobtail. I was stopped at a coop in Tennessee because of no IFTA sticker. My usage is non-commercial, and after showing the TN scalemaster the actual IFTA regulations, she reluctantly agreed I wasn't required to have one.

She also told me that my temporary registration was ok, but that I would've gotten a ticket if I'd been hauling a load on it.

 

And I was told the complete opposite. To get a temporary registration you still need to pay your fees, so you are paid, and in the big computer listed in a state as having having operating authority. The only difference is that you don't have plates.

Its not legal to haul a load on an "in transit" permit or dealer tags, or whatever the move from one location to another permit is called in your state. In Illinois is a 7 day in-transit permit.

 

I should clarify that my "temporary tag" was an Indiana tag issued to me by the dealership from which I purchased the truck.

Once I got home, I went to my local tax collector office and applied for both a title and registration at the same time. To do this, I needed:
- The original title (truck was still titled in Illinois, even though I bought from a dealership in Indiana. Their customer who was the previous owner was an Illinois resident.)
- VIN verification (to verify the title matches the truck) performed by a Law Enforcement Officer (Florida also lets a notary public do this, but I asked a police officer to do it for me)
- Proof of insurance
- Identification
- Money

Florida issues your plate right away, so there was no "temporary tag" issued to me by Florida -- only the dealership tag from Indiana. Also, Florida does not really distinguish between "commercial" and "non-commercial" vehicles for license plate purposes, unless you get an apportioned plate for interstate operation. As I am not hauling freight, I got a regular Florida plate.

Hope this helps clarify.

 

Wow, glad I found this thread.