Bought a truck, can't drive

Nope. You are a commercial motor vehicle.

 

If you haul for the company you work for the company can absorb the cost of lines of authority and insurance. If that happens all you have to do is get your CDL and you operate under your company. I believe if you keep the truck on private property and do not put on the road you do not have to get insurance and the whole bit.

 

Good Grief !!!!

TEEERIPPIT, you need to get authority and such through your company, not personally.

Then hire yourself a driver WITH EXPERIENCE to drive that truck for you.
(not that you have to have OTR exxperience, it just helps avoid problems with "incidents")

You did good getting a serviceable truck for $2000.
And if your company can use it, then you are ahead even more.

Also get a good tax accountant that knows TRUCKING so you don't wind up losing money down that tube.

And even though this is going to earn me a lot of flak on here..... seek out and listen to advice from OWNER OPERATORS who have been in the business for more than 10 years.
They have been around long enough to know what works and what does not.

 

If the truck is owned by the company that makes a product, you can haul that product without authority. You will need DOT # and insurance and ifta and proper plates. state or IRP if you're going to run interstate.

 

I would suggest contracting the work out. Hiring an owner operator will prevent you from needing to do anything.

 

What state are you in ? Different states have different laws.:smt069

 

well to use it in your yard for yard moves, may be ok for a $2,000 truck...would i "chance it" on the highways..?? i mean really, $2,000 for a truck...?? how many miles, over 2 million...?? i think it is highly possible before too long the truck will "retire" itself.....especially if pushed too hard like road work.....now, if YOUR road work is only (say) 10 miles round trip, that ruck may last a while......

you could have easily placed an ad on the internet for a o/o that HAS a good truck where he can put driver there for you..

good luck....you will need it..

 

I believe if you were to look around, a good owner operator could be found. I have seen several small business owners think they wanted to be be in the trucking industry, only to learn an expensive lesson.
Find a good O/O who knows the trucking business, agree on a fair price for hauling, and you will be happy. Plenty of folks looking for a good shipper.

 

pulling containers is a good thing to get started. talk to other drivers there and they can help you with all the info on getting your own authority. talk to them and sort out the bs. ooida is a good place to get info