Anyone near York, PA?

LOL
I'm nowhere near there, but good luck with that cart before the horse.

 

Ok, not being a smart arse, but why buy a unit before you have your A license
I understand your wanting to get into trucking, but the horse goes before the cart. Not the cart hauling the horse
Good luck on your new venture

 

You might advertise on Craigslist and hang out at truck stops in the area. Offer some cash.

 

Have you priced insurance yet? Some owner-operators on this forum can give you places to call for insurance rates. www.OOIDA.com is also a place to check for insurance.

 

Are you going to lease on to "Two Men and a Truck"?

 

Off topic but not sure how you can make it a side hustle with insurance premiums the way they are. A new entrant is probably $15,000 yr or more.. Or maybe you have a straight truck?

 

Excuse my ignorance, but once you become a cdl holder, I believe your day job will have to go against your hours of service. Not that I'm trying to crap on your dreams, but I tend to agree with the cart before horse statements above.

 

Don't you just hate it when somebody does what I am about to do? You are 100% correct about being on duty. However you are incorrect about the CDL part. The FMCSA defines for the purpose of logging a CMV as anything over 10,001 pounds rated weight. FROM 390.5. General Regulations.


Commercial motor vehicle means any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used on a highway in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle—

(1) Has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, of 4,536 kg (10,001 pounds) or more, whichever is greater; or

(2) Is designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers (including the driver) for compensation; or

(3) Is designed or used to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and is not used to transport passengers for compensation; or

(4) Is used in transporting material found by the Secretary of Transportation to be hazardous under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and transported in a quantity requiring placarding under regulations prescribed by the Secretary under 49 CFR, subtitle B, chapter I, subchapter C.



This is a common mistake that has cost people thousands of dollars in fines because they fail to fully understand just what a CMV is. If you are driving a CMV (10,001rated weight but under 26,001) you MUST have at least a Class C drivers license, A DOT Medical Card and if you are more then 100 air miles from your home base a Logbook. The only place you will find a CMV defined at 26,001 rated weight is the section about having a CDL. A lot of state DOT/MCSAP/CVSA enforcement officers will overlook these vehicles in regard to these requirements. However there are some that won't and they can and frequently do write VERY expensive tickets. Now to save a lot of time and verbosity this is for property carrying vehicles only. If grandpa and granny bunny rabbit have a travel trailer and are using a large truck to pull it this truck is exempt from these requirements because it is NOT considered a CMV. Also some states define vehicles differently and there is a huge difference with INTRA and INTER state usage because of this. Most members of these boards hold CDLs and have medical cards so they are OK to drive most any vehicle except vehicles that haul passengers and Hazmat unless properly licensed.

I keep hammering this home because a guy here in Hampton Roads I know well got a huge ticket in a midwest state in 2016. I am not going to name the state to avoid a pissing contest. His crime? He was operating a CMV over 10,001 but under 26,001 without a Medical card and logbook. He had DOT operating authority. He was put out of service and the tow bill was expensive. The only way he could get access to his truck to drive it the next day was to buy a logbook and go take a DOT physical. The man hired an Attorney and fought the ticket but lost the case back in the spring.

I forgot I had these charts. This is great at a glance information.