CDL / DOT # Required?

Not sure about how to register or if you need a DOT# but was wondering how I could get one of those cars yall giveaway?

 

Yes you will need to register it as a commercial vehicle fully comply with all the same regulations as any other trucking company except for operating authority. Just because your business isn't trucking per se, you are using a commercial vehicle to support that business making you a private fleet. This is a common misconception that because you are not hauling for-hire that you are exempt from regulations.

Depending on the state you are based out of for intrastate work they may have specific regulations that are different then the federal regulations but most states simply follow the federal rules. Most states require even intrastate only operations to obtain an US DOT number. All states will require vehicles with gross weight ratings greater than 26,001 pounds to have a cdl driver, and cdl drivers are required to be enrolled in a drug testing consortium. so the answer to if you need a cdl will depend on the gross vehicle weight rating of the specific vehicle you purchase.

 

Yes, and in NY you will also need a NY HUT account for highway use tax. Also, if you get a truck with a body that meets their definition of a tow truck you will also need a W endorsement on your license, even in a non-cdl truck. NY may also make you obtain a NY DMV number as an auto transporter even for private fleet use.

 

No body gives away anything, particularly cars or similar.

I hate to be difficult. Ive owned a thousand cars, most of them pretty good. (Not a thousand, but it seeems like it.) We don't give them away. Although sometimes we sell for either a dollar getting a family back on feet just long enough for them to make just enough to replace it (And junk it...) We have heard that they are doing well. So that makes us happy.

But in our Society, noone just give away a car.

 

I would be looking at somebody who does transport Autos already do your homework find somebody good you will be money ahead that way you don't have to worry about truck truck drivers Insurance cargo Insurance all that stuff

 

There he goes again! Senseless rambling!

 

I have to say it, for the amount of money you will spend on just the truck, the licensing and insuring it, and the maintaining it, it is a dumb idea.

Get someone local to haul for you, the costs are not as much as it would be to do it this way. There are car haulers all over the country who can transport two and three cars at a time, if you are a charity, then work a deal with them for a discount.