Farm truck

Your gonna need a dot number for sure. You won't need an mc number unless your gonna haul a finished farm product.

 

Our farm policy is fine unless we start hauling for other people. For a new company, it's prohibitively expensive to carry the commercial policy just for an occasional load. Heck, for a well established company it doesn't really make sesnse.

 

Go to the fmcsa website and do a search. There is an exemption for hauling agri products, but you should do your own research. You may also check with your state IRP office. If you haul anything but agri products you will need motor carrier authority. Another thing is insurance. Most brokers and shippers require minimum insurance of $1 million auto liability and $100,000 cargo. You might consider talking with some potential customers or brokers to see what they may require.

 

If you haul only ag products for hire, then you would be considered an exempt for-hire carrier(no operating authority required). However, hauling gravel for-hire is not an ag product. You would be a for-hire carrier in that case, and would need operating authority(MC number).

Once you haul for-hire you will not get any of your farm exemptions. You will need a USDOT number, inspections, medical cards, CDL, logbook if going more than 100 air miles, UCR, fire extinguisher, and triangles. I am assuming you would be traveling interstate.