What I need to register for to add a truck to the business?

www.OOIDA.com can answer your questions. This is a business website for the owner-operator.
Other owner-operators on here can help also.

 

I recommend not doing this, insurance is going to be more than it is worth.

Get someone local who can haul your stuff and just pay them or engage a good broker.

 

start out with the weight class...how heavy? Over 55,000# has to pay Federal highway use tax too.

100 air miles is a circle around your starting point; stay within and return and be off within 12 hours every day and no ELD required.

Contact VA Motor Truck Assn., they would have the state specific stuff you need...

EDIT: I agree with the potential insurance cost being prohibitive so price out using a local carrier for comparison.

 

If you are moving your own thing let say you made it your self, I think you can get away with running as a not for hire, but I am not on it,

 

there are many LTL companies that can either truck load your stuff, or LTL it, whatever you need.

go that route, you would be far better off, to pay thier fee's...and bank the rest, which up to and includes a driver.

even UPS and the postal service can do this for you. where i work at night, they have UPS drop a trailer and pick it up and bring in another empty.

your cost savings will be tremendous.

 

He may have specific requirements that would make the typical for-hire truck and driver not practical. Especially if the driver is required to unload and setup product at the delivery location or requires specialized delivery equipment.

 

Last part first. You should not need an ELD. You will be most likely operating at the most a 10,001 rated weight truck. Your driver will need a physical. I also live in Virginia. I recommend you go to the DMV nearest your home and register the vehicle. Go to the Virginia DMV website for the forms. Outside of that I am beyond my knowledge level!

 

I assigned my truck to my non-trucking business before. I didn't go over 100 miles, so no eld. Also I didn't leave my base state, therefore no IRP for me, just regular commercial plates.
You will need to get usdot number for private company, and no mc. If you go for interstate, you are subject of new entry audit. You will need drivers files, pre employment drug tests, random drug test program enrollment, equipment list, annual dot inspections, etc. Originally I applied for interstate, however plans has been changed later, and switched it to intrastate, but by that time I've been contacted for audit.
If I was going to do it again, I would get truck no more then 26k, not to deal with extra headache with CDL. Probably some heavy duty pickup truck with 20 ft goosneck flatbed trailer. Unless transporting your goods are your primary source of income, it's probably would be easier just to do two trips instead of one. Also there is an option to do this things as private person, not a business with all bs: fees, regulations etc.

My neighbor doing some business with small machinery equipment and hauling them often. He got chased by cops once when he passed weight station with two bobcats on his goosneck trailer. He got away with it by saying that he is moving them from one of his property's to another.