Bobtailing Trip Permits ?

You can tag it anyway you want, it doesn't mean you can do what you want. The thing to remember is, what are you doing with it? I stopped a Motorhome today pulling a enclosed trailer. In the trailer, race car enroute to race. Now the motorhome is no longer just a motorhome. This fella was going to race and compete for money. No different than Dale Jr and the boys in NASCAR. They also fall under the guidelines. Same for horses. I get horses all the time. For some reason they think they are exempt as well. I can tell you the fuel tax man, who works around one of our scales writes all day long on trucks that think they are exempt from IFTA.

 

There are many motor homes doing the same thing out there. There are also many pickups hauling enclosed trailers as well. Alot of them are hauling illegally with shipments from places like uship and others.

Most of the RV or specialty trucks for the racers do not understand the commercial activity involved.

I am glad to see this being examined.

 

It makes my day pass. I hear every sad story imaginable and every far fetched lie. "I didn't know." "I'm exempt, I'm not for hire." I have caught some with enclosed pull behind trailers hauling freight with a F-350 as well.

 

BULL. Not for hire does NOT mean personal. There are quite a few Not for Hire but COMMERCIAL VEHICLES on the road in my area. Not for hire means that the company is not being paid to haul a shippers freight. My dad used to work shipping/recieving and drive an 18 wheel daycab for a FACTORY...they bought their own truck for local freight because it was cheaper than paying freight companies. This is actually pretty common in my area. Also, I applied for a job with a janitorial supply company, and they wanted me to have a "class a cdl with airbrakes"....i was going to load/unload a truck *that they owned*, and be a backup driver. That is also not for hire...they were delivering supplies/rented equipment to their customers...therefore not hauling someone elses freight.

 

Whether it's "farmers" or "not for hire" types, they don't think the rules apply to them. Thanks for your input.