Has anybody used a letter of intent?

Partner while this sounds good, What happens when for some odd reason while you are parked in your favorite spot at the HOOK and Swifty Student #1 Who just got off his trainers truck, Backs up and takes the front of your friends truck off and umps out and says "SORRY I thought I had missed it, now your friend and you are out a truck, this weighs highly on your friendship, Now instead of friends you two are not so much any more, So now what?

While this driving the truck to Orientation seems good I don't think it is legal, The letter of intent doesn't pay any taxes or fees into the Gutermut! They always require some type of a permit or gate pass to travel on the highways and roads that you will have to take to Orientation, Now this may not run you much but is the truck even insured? You will need that to put it on the road even to Orientation even if they are paying the insurance on the truck. So I guess you should see if there is a short term permit that will allow you to travel to Orientations. I'm sure there are others in here that would know better then me!

 

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You do realize you can insure a truck without having it registered.

 

limpy, I assume you are going to mercer ?? if so what the folks in Louisville will give you will be exactly what you need. its a fairly common practice.

if it is mercer, rest assured that what the recruiter gives will be just fine to get you to Louisville. what they are sending is the letter of intent lease/permit.

so folks talk and type, but haven't ever done what they talk or type about.

 

Legal?

NO you have to have insurance no matter what.

What I did with my first tractor was go up to orientation first, bringing all the paper work for the truck with me, got the stickers, the plates and so on from the company, drove back to the truck and put the plates on it, had a shop put the stickers on it (you don't want me to do that, they will be at a 30 degree angle) and drove it to the nearest Agent to have them confirm it is up to spec.

 

They can overnight the temp registration and/or plates as easy as sending you a letter of intent.

Why doesn't your friend get his own plates and do things the normal way? Why doesn't your friend have his plates already? Something sounds fishy with his way of thinking. 26 cpm might be next.

Check the SMS on the company will give you a better picture of the way they operate.

 

Just because they say they will do something doesn't make it legal. If it's common practice this wouldn't be the first time we are hearing about it. The last I checked all vehicles on the road have to be registered whether it be temporary or permanent. A letter of intent is no where in the state's data base.

 

Wow amazing all you need is a letter of intent PROOF OF INSURANCE and put a not for hire sign on the door this is sop nothing to see here
Have done it many times been checked twice under a setup like this

 

condo, you are wrong. a hunter permit can be had for as little as 20 to 25.00 and is valid in any irp state. come on, mercer is one of oldest and largest flatbed fleets in the country, do you really think they would bring folks in to orientation with bogus permits to get there( if that's who it is he is leasing to)

a simple yahoo searn for hunters permit will bring up Missouri regs on a hunters permit about the 4th or 5th item down.

this is common practice , its how I got to Louisville for my orientation.

and if he is leasing to mercer , they want you to run their plates( since they pay all ifta charges you might owe, that's the tradeoff) however if you already have a tag , you can run it til it expires.

there is not great mystery in any of this, no hidden agendas etc, and with the letter of intent and hunters permit. when ya get the letter of intent you are covered under their liability policy for the trip to their location and empty only.

I have done several times over the years leasing to different outfits, never a problem and it is legit.