At what point do DOT Numbers, IFTA, and ELD's become required?

You can haul a 30,000 pound counter weight on a hotshot

I would say yes you do need dot numbers, authority, insurance, all of it. The dot man would say you are indeed being paid to move it, since you are an employee of the crane company. It is also a business move. And why would you use your personal vehicle like that for little or no compensation?

If you stay in Texas only you do not need ifta. You would need apportioned plates registered for total gross weight. And the dot loves to pick on hot shots because a lot of them don't know the regulations or are trying to do exactly what yours trying to do here. They get caught and told they need authority, out comes the ticket book and you might have to leave the load where it is. Probably depends on officer. I would bet my life if he let you go and caught you again the even bigger ticket book with 0 mercy comes out now and maybe even impound everything.

Most times it's much easier to have a handful of trucks in your area and just pay them instead. There is a lot of paperwork for authority, and if you only use it now and then it wouldn't be worth it in my eyes.

 

Just say no to the government

 

You would also need a Class A license, and you will need to follow HOS. I do not believe Texas requires an ELD, but even if so they will mirror federal rules I'm sure. I.e. you only need one if you paper log more than 8 days in 30.

In a nutshell it's probably not worth it. Think of it this way, what happens if you are pulling the weights and you get rear ended? You very likely will be sued and unless all the paperwork is correct you will lose as you should never have been there in the first place.

 

I would choose not to do that "personal favor" for your employer. The risk vs. reward are too great.

 

You do nothing as a personal favor.

It's one thing to be on a 1000 acre farm and move something from here to there in the rain of all things.

The moment your rig gets one wheel a inch or more onto a public roadway, yer it. I hope you got everything required of you.

Personal favors are very stupid in this industry. Now... once in a while Dispatch might ask a little extra something but that is because they are willing to offer a present or three when the problem is solved with a tractor trailer already properly papered and stickered for battle on actual public highways and roads in our Country. To have that costs a certain amount of money.

Personal favors is too much of a risk. You will rue the day you ever volunteered like that with a rig that has nothing and not lawful for public road on paper and stickers.

 

I ran into that as well. I think it has to do with repeating or markers of spam in grammer used. So what I do is make one or two sentences instead and break up the grammar to something basic.

That usually works for me. But there are times (Rarely thankfully) that I have to wrestle with the website to try and get some good schooling on a topic at hand involved in the previous thread. But not too often.