Transporting My house goods

I think you're overthinking this. Usually, you can't overload a truck with household goods, so weight shouldn't be an issue, unless your "junk" is something else. Make the truck/trailer legal. Make sure your "friend" who's driving your truck for you is covered by your insurance, and don't forget to tip your "buddy" at the end of the trip.

 

If the driver owns a truck and is just pulling the trailer for you, he could probably just get insurance for an un owned trailer and pull it down the road. The cost for that is very little and he may already have it. Like $50 a year. If so, his cargo insurance would cover your belongings just like he’s pulling any other load.

Most likely if anything happens the truck driver will be the one getting the ticket. It’s their responsibility to make sure it’s all legal and legit.

 

Liability insurance should be on the driver.
Trailers needs registration, Maine is cheap.
Other than that make sure it's road worthy, brakes and lights work.
Make sure the tires aren't junk.
FMCSA annual inspection.

 

I just bought a trailer from a guy who did this. After it was all done he said would have been cheaper just to use a moving company. He took a loss on the trailer and repairs but got his entire house and garage moved.

anywho, he ran into the problem when he plated the trailer with the sales tax, and then had to insure his household goods through his homeowners insurance which wasn’t happy about it and did so with a rider. This was his own decision to do, I don’t get why but he said it was needed.

he had the trailer inspected, brake issues and repairs to the brakes were done so it was ready to go. He has contacted a large carriers agent and had it hauled from his place from texas to Michigan.

 

I bought a 28' trailer to move a few months ago. $1,200 trailer and about $800 to fix it up (new brakes, wheel seals, lights, roof patch...)

Quotes from pods and uship were in the ~$3,500 range for less space, about half the space actually. If we had gone that route I would have had to load up my dump trailer with a bunch of stuff and hope my little truck would make it

 

This is dedication! A non truck driver joining a trucking forum! Most folks look down on us and have no interest in learning what we we do.

Good luck sir