Compliance for hauling cars and farm equipment?

@brian991219 knows compliance better than most. He probably will help you out in a bit.

 

As an auto hauler you are class 9 haz-mat and will not need any additional paperwork in the truck. You will need to create a haz-mat transportation security plan but that can be a simple one page document stating you will instruct your driver(s) to always lock the vehicles and take the keys, won't park unattended for long, etc. The security plan is kept on file at your office and may never be asked for. I do audit prep and maybe 1 in 10 of them ask for it if the only haz-mat is automobiles.

The minimum public liability insurance required to haul motor vehicles is $1 million. There is no cargo requirement but many shippers and brokers will require at least $50,000 per position on your trailer.

The farm machinery may be looked at as general cargo so the minimum public liability for that is only $750,000 however as a matter of practice most motor carriers have higher limits and tou already have the $1M anyway. The cost difference is insignificant. Where your insurance will get expensive is the cargo for the automobiles.

 

If you are going to move farm equipment, learn the rules for oversized loads, get wide load banners and portable lights to display on the wide load part. You will also need red flags every 10 feet on both sides. Every state has their own little quirks to oversize load permits.