Owner ops who are also farmers

At under $10,000 per year for insurance, is it really worth the hassle of going to the IRB 3 times a year to change your registration? Just get your own authority and be done with it?

 

Something to consider. The carrier is responsible for the liability insurance. Not likely they want to be responsible for insuring the truck when you are not hauling for them. Also not likely they will want to be doing an on again, off again, on again lease.
Sounds like the best way to do it would be for him to get his own operating authority and then he could use the truck to haul whatever he wanted. But there would be more office work involved and he may not want to do that.