Whats the minimum requirements to legally drive home a truck you just bought

I'm from Canada, so I can only speak from where I live...

In this Province, you can get a temporary operating permit for truck and trailer. It's essentially a piece of paper that you tape to the windshield, and another one on the back of the trailer, if you have one.

I can run all of North America on this T.O.P.

However, it is assumed that you will be running it as a "not for hire" private truck, since the insurance would be null and void the minute you take on a load for pay, and you'd pretty well be screwed should you try to run for profit.

This allowed me to get the truck home, to run it to a couple mechanical shops, the sign shop, etc... to basically get it ready to be put on "for hire."

I'm not sure about the US, but certainly there must be something similar.

Of course, pre-trips, log-books (if necessary), and HOS rules and regs should probably all be followed, as a TOP doesn't exempt you from those, as far as I know.

 

I bought a truck from a farmer, so it already had 'not for hire' on it. I put a sign on each door that said 'in transit' and put my mc number on there as well. Never had any problems.

 

3 day trip insurance. Depending on how far away it is take a buddy with a CDL and drive home on the weekend to avoid conflict as most scales will be closed.

 

Brutal! You just saved me a massive head ache. I'm picking my truck up in a couple days and could've easily forgotten to hang up my temps