transporting personal racecars for pleasure use

Where you racing at? What are you racing for? Is your race car sponsered?

 

yeah that opens a whole can of worms! best get in touch with a DOT office.

 

Same questions here, does anyone know what rules apply if truck is used not for hire. What is needed? DOT number? Medical card etc? Any advice appreciated.

 

Should be the same as a RV

 

If you've got DOT#s on it, you got to run as such, you can only get by with it, and that's even a gray area now, if the power unit is a registered RV.

 

A trailer over 5 tons is still going to be required by a certified garage to be inspected per year.

It would be great if we could get Scalemaster or Diesel bear to weigh in on this.

 

If it is truly personal, then it's personal. As far as a garage certify the trailer, that will fall back on the person's State laws.

In my 11 years of stopping trucks, I have encountered a few folks that have claimed personal race cars for fun. Like I said, they claimed it. But when you pop the trailer and the car's is decaled out, the firesuit hanging in their is decaled out like a Dale Earnhardt Jr fire suit with numerous sponsor's. If there is a chance they can win some sort of compensation, it is commercial.

There used to be an old interpretation that stated even if you ran for a trophy it was commercial. I believe that has been taken out, or I'm losing my touch. When I have a little bit of time to look I'll try to find that old interpretation in my old books.

 

I understand personal vs. commercial. What rules apply for vehicles over 26,000lbs when used as personal? Is a DOT number required? Do you have to stop at scales? Medical card?