2 companies using same truck question?

Wouldn't it be easier and a helluva lot less confusing to just have company A and let company B pay company A to haul their stuff?

 

why not just run one company and have two divisions

 

There isn't too much ideal space to identify livestock trailers from what I have seen with all the slats and so forth. Just a thought.

Does Company B have indentifiable trailers? Does it wish to remain anonymous for some reason due to the type of animals being transported?

Is there an advantage for Company A to display Company B's logo on the tractor?




It seems a little different from Wal-Mart trailers being pulled by U.S. Xpress tractors and Dollar General trailers being pulled by Werner.

 

This doesn't make any sense.
In reality you only have one company, identified by the USDOT and MC numbers you said will be permanently applied, of which only the Dot number is required..

So I don't get what you're worried about. If it's your truck and trailer, reserve a space for your USDOT number and IFTA sticker then put however many names you want over the rest..

 

Both companies would have to have:

1. A drug & alcohol testing program to include pre-employment and random. You could use the pre-employment exception for Company A or B provided you met all of the requirements of 382.301(b) and 382.301(c)

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu.../fmcsrruletext.aspx?chunkKey=0901633480023847

2. A maintenance file for each company that controls the vehicle for more than 30 days.

3. A driver qualification file. One carrier may qualify for a multiple employer DQ file per 391.63

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu.../fmcsrruletext.aspx?chunkKey=09016334800238c5

4. A lease agreement that meet the requirements of Part 376.11 and 376.12

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/FmcsrGuideDetails.aspx?menukey=376

Each company that has a unique identifier, i.e. EIN/Tax ID number would require a seperate US DOT number and MC number as appropriate. Livestock generally meets the exceptions from having a MC number per Part 372.115. Because livestock is not listed livestock only requires a US DOT number no MC number.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu.../fmcsrruletext.aspx?chunkKey=090163348008ef07

To see a full list of exempt commodities see Administrative Ruling 119

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/spanish/pdfs/adminrule.htm

It's doable but will take some effort to keep the two entities seperate. The US DOT comes into play for interstate commerce. With CSA 2010 rapidly approaching it will be important to keep apples with apples and oranges with oranges to avoid having both companies face penaties associated with roadside inspections.

Ensuring the vehicle is properly marked is imperative. I company B does not have a US DOT number; however, company B's name is displayed with Company A's US DOT number it would be a marking violation per Part 390.21

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu.../fmcsrruletext.aspx?chunkKey=090163348002389b

Hope that helps.

Be safe.

 

If you're talking about only having one DOT number, then you probably could do it---maybe.

i know that when i was with jevic, there was this wife/husband leased team that put their "company" name on the side of the truck. (it was their truck which they were leasing to jevic) Of course Jevic's name was also on the door so that doesn't really answer your question directly.

However, what name is registered under your DOT number? If a sole proprietorship/dba is registered under that DOT number, then i think you can do what you're trying to do.