I have a trucking company in my area where we haul grain for the local elevators. Whether it be corn, soybeans, or feed. I am in Iowa and I have a commercial license to haul for the local coop on my truck, as well as insurance, medical cards, and all other requirements. I know of another company that is hauling with Farm Special plates on his truck, as well as no proper insurance, or workmans comp on his other driver. He claims he can haul 92000 pounds with his triple axel trailer, and also can change weights anytime he wants. He is also running commercial for the elevator, but has Farm Special plates, as mentioned before. I try to run legal as possible, I also have a triple axel trailer, I can run 90000 legally. Just curious, the coop knows this, and who is in trouble here. I guess I am just a little upset cause I had to go through a act of congress to haul for this coop, but he can haul whenever he wants, without proper license, registration, or insurance. I wanna get this guy off the road cause he is screwing the drivers who have the proper papers and correct authority to haul. It really irritates me!! Farm Special plates only allow you to haul 32 ton with 25% over to make an 80000 pound load accordingly by to Iowa law. How can he keep getting away with this from day to day??
Farm Special plates hauling commercial!!
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Coppy80, May 25, 2017.
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Drive your truck and mind your own business.
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Iowa or Arkansas. It happens all the time. I don't mean to sound mean or uncaring. I understand your position. The best thing you can ever do is just worry about you. Your trucks and not fixate on things that ain't right. In time it will work itself out. If the co-op knows that means he has friends in the right place. Much friction and all you have done is rub yourself out of a job.
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Thats trucking.
Nothing is fair. Work hard, pay your bills, raise your family right and die anyway.
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At the risk of upsetting some here but guys like that are who drive rates down for everybody. Out here in Kansas it goes on too and some have been caught but not nearly all of them. Farm tags are a joke anyway, does the hardware store owner get Small Business tags? I think legislators need to view farming for the industry it is now and not Ma and Pa with 2 cows and 40 acres.
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What most don't understand is they have to have 25 to 50k in cargo depending on who the broker is and who bought the grain being shipped. Unless you are a certificate holder listed on their policy you can't possibly know how they are insured. About 2 grand a year is all a farm plate saves you hauling for others.
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