Bobtail new truck from TX to GA: weigh stations?

And to add a bit more, because this would be considered his personal vehicle he would not need a CDL.

 

Thanks for the update.

I am not surprised on the cost of the insurance and to be clear the only reason you needed a CDl holder was to get that rate, otherwise the rate was higher?

I have a 2007 Pete 379exhd that I drive, no CDL and the playing and driving it with no permits edt was the easy part to figure out. The insurance not so much.....mine is through progressive and I pay $2400 a year that provides $500K limits for property and bodily harm with a $1K deductible. If anyone knows of a better way to get the insurance I would appreciate it.

BTW... now that you got her home how about sharing some photos? Here is my girl after I got her home

 

The key to making it work is what you put on the side of the truck. See attached

My understanding is that if have a MC #, you also do not have to pay sales tax on the purchase price. I don’t a MC # because that would make me commercial so I paid the sales tax, a 7.5% hit.

 

It sounds like I pretty much started down the same path you were headed . I originally bought an old white Volvo that I tore apart and was in the process of putting back together when I realized I don’t have the time for this project, that’s when I bought the Peterbilt.

What are your plans for this project? Will you be pulling a trailer at all? If the answer is no there is another registration route you can proceed that will drastically reduce your cost, both in terms of plating and insurance

 

Please tell me more as I am interested in this plan.
You’ve bought this truck, don’t have a CDL license and plan on hauling commercial loads? I realize you will be getting your CDL but who do you plan on pulling loads for?
Do you plan on getting your own authority? My understanding is that obtaining insurance on a new authority can be rather expensive, Like $18-$20,000 expensive
Sometimes in a forum setting or email setting The tone or context of a conversation can be lost so I want to make sure you understand I’m not challenging or questioning any of your logic here. I wish you nothing but success and I’m interested because this is something that I’ve always wanted to do on the side. I’ve got a great paying Day job and I’m not really willing to give this up A career in trucking . But I love my trucks and think it would be great to pull a load every once in a while.
I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this and there are a few other folks that are lurking trying to understand a little bit more as well

 

BTW, I love the old Cabover! You need to find a way to add photo. For me right below the post reply is an upload file