Is it possible to run your own plate on a leased out truck ?

Some will let you run yer own plates. Most want you on their system so they can keep track of everything all at once. Kinda like being on a baseball team, and everybody's uniform is the same

 

Yes you can run your own irp ifta and everything else. You can have your own dot number, just don't display it when leased on with someone else.

 

You have to have cargo insurance before obtaining a MC#, but you do not have to have cargo insurance to get a USDOT#. A private carrier has to have a DOT#, but not cargo insurance or MC#. The distinction is wheter or not you haul your own goods/products/equipment, or you haul someone else's for hire.

 

You can run your own or the company can provide it. If they're paying for it gladly be their guest. Some prefer you run theirs and it's in the contract anyways. Many of them will cover the cost. Some don't. Why do you expect to get money back that you paid on a plate if you quit? IRP doesn't refund money why would the company? Use it or lose it. It's a cost. Deal with it. And yes the company will demand their plate back when you quit leaving you without one. I never saw a truck that wouldn't crank up and drive without a tag on it. Of course it's not impossible to get a temporary tag if one is so inclined.

 

If the carrier you're leased to allows it, you can run your own baseplate you just have to get it using their DOT number and would need to show your state the signed lease agreement. At least that's what I had to do to get mine

 

Is this for intrastate only?

 

The answer is yes, you can run your own plate. You can't be forced to run theirs unless they pay for it. You can run your own bobtail and liability insurance too, they can't require you to get theirs unless they pay for that as well. If you run under their authority they provide the primary liability insurance for the combo. Whoever owns the trailer provides cargo. If you have questions call the OOIDA insurance dept they will give you the complete scoop.

 

Mercer allows it up until the point where your plates expire. Then they want you running with theirs.
Many companies are like that, and I'm not sure why.
Maybe it's because it's easier to monitor the tickets/citations of the drivers? Or it's a safe bet to blame anything in this industry on insurance...
Somebody somewhere must know

 

Slowpoke is right, we have done it both ways. I have had owners want us to get the plates and others get their own. I prefer them to get their own, that away if it does not work out between us I don't have to worry about having a plate sitting in mile filing cabinet not being used.