Leased on Insurance Cost and IFTA

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  1. JonasTtrucker

    JonasTtrucker Light Load Member

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    You guys that own your own truck and are leased on to a company, how much do you pay weekly for liability insurance and bobtail and how does the company figure your IFTA (do they eat the cost or do they charge you for any tax liabilities throughout the month)?
     
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  3. Old Man

    Old Man Road Train Member

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    I don't pay any liability insurance. They figure the IFTA and ding me a few dollars a month.
     
  4. JonasTtrucker

    JonasTtrucker Light Load Member

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    What percentage do they charge you then? Must be high if you don't have to pay for liability.
     
  5. baha

    baha Road Train Member

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    The CO. that you are leasing on pays all insur., you must pay bobtail, and fire theft if you still owe any payments on truck if you buy insur thru co then if you leave then you must change insur, its easer to have it from a co that you pay for? My last co paid all IFTA till you got 2 bad insp. then you paid it
     
  6. JonasTtrucker

    JonasTtrucker Light Load Member

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    What do you mean, "My last co paid all IFTA till you got 2 bad insp. then you paid it"? What bad insp? Also, what I mean is what is the amount the company charges you to reimburse them for the liability insurance?
     
  7. 7seriestv

    7seriestv Light Load Member

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    I pay $44/ week for insurance, company pay ifta, I get 82% of the load
     
  8. JonasTtrucker

    JonasTtrucker Light Load Member

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    $44.....so the company's liability insurance on your truck costs $2,288 or are they eating some of the cost?
     
  9. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    It is the companies responsibility to provide liability insurance when laden.
     
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  10. Expeditor

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    It is the companies responsibility to provide insurance when laden and UNLADEN, also cargo, per FMCSA. The driver, O/O would be responsible for fire and theft insurance. Now the company can charge you for insurance up to but NOT over what they pay for you. They can also require you to get unladen, bobtail insurance, FMCSA says company is responsible for having and keeping insurance on ALL truck lease on to them, FMCSA doesn't say company can't charge you back. Some company require drivers to get bobtail so if they have an accident when empty they can claim under the drivers bobtail and not company so companies insurance doesn't take a hit.
     
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