Annual dot form?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by trips74, May 10, 2023.

  1. trips74

    trips74 Medium Load Member

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    Ok so they sell forms and stickers at truck stops and think the law states you just have to be a working mechanic to fill out, seriously can you just fill those out yourself?
    Half the places like loves usually miss stuff that would fail a dot anyhow
     
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  3. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    You can fill it out yourself.
     
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  4. bad-luck

    bad-luck Road Train Member

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    You can fill it out yourself, a lot of us do it.
     
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  5. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    this is the regulation on this.. basically your company has to designate you as being qualified to perform maintenance and inspections. and your company has to maintain records on this, to be compliant... i do all my own inspections for my own company as well as all the maintenance... have been roadside inspected, as well as had to show records that my company states i am qualified to perform inspections, during my new entrant audit.. and passed.
    eCFR :: 49 CFR 396.19 -- Inspector qualifications.
     
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  6. trips74

    trips74 Medium Load Member

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    So basically me owner op, have a friend who is certified mechanic, car stuff mainly but has knowledge of dot regs, so could he fill out form and we be done?
    Then say we go down the road and say fail a roadside, any penalties for having a passed dot that say didn't pass that would fall back to mechanic friend?
     
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  7. abyliks

    abyliks Road Train Member

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    I signed the dogs name on the last one, fck em
     
  8. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    No.. The only time it will ever come back to you - is say you get in a wreck and kill someone and they take you the driver to court.. They are going to look at those records... or they audit you and want that info they will look at your records.. But in a roadside they are just going to make sure u have an annual inspection within the last year.. Make sure u carry the form with ur reg and insurance
     
  9. m16ty

    m16ty Road Train Member

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    No, a failed roadside won’t come back on whoever does the annual.

    I do my own, and I’m my own mechanic. If you go to a shop to have it done, you’ll more than likely get the shop flunky doing it. I trust my inspection more than his.
     
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