Adding my MC number to a truck that is not mine.

Seems to me like youd have to have some kind of lease agreement with the owner of the truck before you could use your number on his truck? Might be a good idea to consult an attorney?

 

You'd have to start your authority, lease the truck to your company, have removable signs, etc. On top of that, you'll need a drug testing consortium, etc. it would entirely depend on the cost of insurance, and how much you're making if it's worth it.

 

you getting yourself in a complicated situation.let say you hauling a load back to your home town and you wreck the truck and cargo is a complete loss also theres is injuries:whos responsible for what?also going back empty is not like going loaded:extra fuel,more tear and wear on the equipment so if you blow a tire on the way back whos paying for it?your boss have a delivery schedule to keep,how you gonna make sure your loads wont interfere with that?

 

can be done pretty easy, do it on a percentage with truck owner, ONLY HAUL EXEMPT COMMODITY'S,and do a trip lease with owner, run your dot and mc #'s, but check with insurance ,because hauling for hire and own stock opens a new bag of worms,

 

Check the license plates on the truck, for example, in Georgia you have either FOR HIRE or NOT FOR HIRE tags. If they have NOT FOR HIRE tags, you're going to have a problem with that.

 

How much of the backhaul do you get to keep? You are going to make work for the office getting the the company truck legal. Hardly sounds worth the effort if you are just an employee driver. If it was your truck that's a different story.
Who's gonna find loads and keep an eye on accounts receivable?

Being your employer is a private carrier, your pay ought to be pretty good as it is. Probably not a good idea to try playing o/o with boss's business. You're just gonna complicate things. His only goal is to deliver his products to his customers.

Maybe you could make a few cash bucks on the down low by checking uship for small items, pets or people to transport back to home base with just a handshake or verbal agreement. Something like that could go south real easy though when dealing with an A-hole.

 

You're wasting your time with UShip, their rates are so cheap, you might as well do it for free.