Dual operating authority

You can apply for it any time. Have you checked the cost of insurance yet? If not I’d do that first.

 

Why would you want to? You're paying for your insurance, which from what I've heard, averages over $1,000 a month.

 

You can only operate under one at a time. It takes three weeks from the time you apply until it goes active if you have all your ducks in a row.

 

That's what I did. I applied for DOT# and remained leased on until my liability insurance became active. At that point I terminated the lease and waited for FMCSA to acknowledge the insurance being active and changing my operating authority status to active.
So, the very application for DOT# and obtaining it (after an hour or so) does not prevent you from working for someone else. When insurance becomes active, e.i. when you pay for it then you should not remain leased on.

 

yes