RV With DOT #

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  1. FearTheCorn

    FearTheCorn Heavy Load Member

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    Leaving St. Lewie last week heading for Chi-Town, congratulating myself on an incident free passage, when I glanced over at a medium sized, basic RV that had a DOT # placard in it's passenger side window passing me. What's up with that? It didn't look special. Pulling one of those little run arounds a lot of those folks pull. Couldn't figure it out. Travelling group of Lizards needing a commercial licence or something? So enlighten me!
     
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  3. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    It's possibly a medical transport. Since those kinds of patients use Opiates or other classes of very attractive medicines to predators, a plain looking RV with the barest minimum markers like that DOT number etc would not stand out as steal me, loot me, shoot me, drugs in here etc.

    I am capable of taking patients to the hospital during winter storms, one at a time plus attendant in my personal vehicle in our area with 4 wheel drive. But it's volunteer only.

    Those transports are a increasing in number as our Population gets sicker and require increasing numbers of health care special not available where they live.
     
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    Numb Crusty Curmudgeon

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    might be a vehicle transport co.,(drive away) moving it .
     
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    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    Likely an RV transport company.
     
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  6. FearTheCorn

    FearTheCorn Heavy Load Member

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    To the two posts above, I thought about that. But it was definitely being lived in.
     
  7. REO6205

    REO6205 Road Train Member

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    One of the entertainers at the casino hires RVs to move from show to show. If the RV is for hire it would need a DOT number, no?
     
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    brian991219 Road Train Member

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    If it wasn't driveaway it could have been an entertainer's coach. They are commercial motor vehicles and require DOT numbers, they are treated as a private carrier of passengers by FMCSA. Perhaps it was another business type application as well, mobile medical lab, portable office, etc?

    Now, it could have been driveaway, I have seen repossessed RV's delivered to auction by driveaway companies and they would likely have the "lived in" look.
     
  9. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

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    Good thing you didnt get the DOT # and look it up. That wouldn't have told you anything.
     
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    Numb Crusty Curmudgeon

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    rental RV's have no DOT #
     
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