Hotshot Tag & Registration (FL)

Hello Everyone!
Now that our LLC transport company insurance is in place ($3000 down with Progressive in FL), we next have a question about our truck's tag registration requirements.
Our F-250 has a GVWR plate of 8800 though the axles WR is much higher combined.
Our 36' flatbed trailer is a 2 axle with a GVWR plate of 14,000. I was told the additional WR of the 10PR tires would make the GVWR more for the trailer? Also, I've been advised to register the truck tag for a 26,000 WR which is actually over the 'true' GVCWR (22,800) of our truck with trailer. Confusing? darn right it is

Just want some advice before waiting in line at the Tag Office
Ya'll take care & stay safe out there~

 

Thanks for the reply! We are going to transport general merchandise for right now, possibly autos on the horizon depending on the brokers we partner up with. My wife & I only have CDL-B's so we're restricted to under 26,001 having the over 10k heavy trailer. We're going to load ourselves, fuel and gear, & gonna throw a couple of full livestock feed bags in the back seat to compensate for baggage/food/clothes for the scales (We live pretty close to the 301 Truckstop near I-4 in Tampa). We've made sure to have the LT H/T 10PR on both the truck and trailer as we've been told that's minimum for hotshotting loads around. If the creek don't rise, we'd like to invest in a 5-pack auto carrier in the future. Have a nice weekend!

 

Sorry for the confusion, we're only going to do general freight with the 3/4 ton and trailer (or no more than 2 autos), then pass that unit off to our son in the future and buy a 5-pack rig with a sleeper for me and my better half to transport with We can run that 5 pack as it's a straight truck and our B's can go any weight as long as it's a single rig

 

By the way, that's a great picture you have for your avatar...is it a Husky or hybrid...we've got a wolf-hybrid with a very similar look~

 

Thank you so much CTS! We just visited Denver a month ago, just beautiful there...had a fantastic time & joined the 14k club on Mt Evans with our little Fiat 500.
You also confirmed what others have told us locally. In FL, our tag office has levels of weight class registration for the truck tag, the one that covers us is something like 18k - 26k & that's the one we'll classify at for our setup. Monday, we're going to the CAT scales loaded with fuel, gear, supplies, couple of bags of sweetfeed, & our Basset Hound and weigh in to know just how much we can load up to our 22800, so we don't get frowned at early-on at a weight stations