Question about weight restrictions on under 26k set ups

oh man AR is fun stuff.... I don't remember where I was going but for some reason thought AR14 would be the best choice with a Cascadia and 53ft trailer... LOL good thing I was empty.. It was kinda fun though that 12% grade at the end at night in fog was the tits!

I also used to run 65 through Eurka Springs between the 2 Tyson plants the one in Rogers and I forget what town the other was in (looked it up was Berryville).. Fun stuff going around blind corners sticking the front of your truck into the on coming traffic lane so your trailer wouldn't hit the side of the mountain on the right hand turns.. (and that was the "truck route")

I preferred to do that run at night, because you knew if someone was coming the other direction because of headlights.. In the day time it was.. ahhh ####..there's a car.. well ok I'm bigger than him he's getting off the road..

 

oh.. btw.. I just locked in my insurance via Progressice today actually got it about $700 cheaper going with one of the agents who called me after my DOT posted.. and I got approved to finance my trailer, like the one above..

I was trying to find a used one and just buy outright, but all I kept finding was either 24-32ft or 40ft triples.. I wanted the 36ft tandem so going to go look at it tomorrow and make sure it's what I want..

Also something else I learned today.. according to my insurance agent.. being I have my DOT# the agent says I can go ahead and pull loads intrastate in FL if I wanted to while waiting on the MC# to go live.. Granted I'd have to make the insurance live and get my DOT inspections..

Anyone know if that's true?

 

Yea, I actually pulled a load already. Ended up getting my 1st local customer as the place I bought my trailer didnt have anyone to shuffle trailers between their dealerships.

I double checked with OOIDA as well and they said it was true but they did warn me that the DOT will most likely see the number as "inactive" because its combined with the MC#. So it's legal but you would have to explain it to the DOT guys.. ie draws more attention too you so I'm not planning to haul anymore till its all active.. I did the one load because I knew if I did it that I'd get a local customer out of it.

 

Yeah, the 50 cent cars is why I didn't go straight car hauler like every other hot shot I see here in FL. That and I thought car insurance was gonna cost me too much to even do when I got my 1st quote.. Originally I was quoted like $30k as a car hauler so after that I opted to go the freight route then got much better insurance rates so I could start out with cars anyway. By that time I had already figured out how I was going to run freight so I didn't want to scrap that, but instead went with a trailer that lets me haul both..

Anyway due to my trailer being a flatbed low boy, I can haul over size cars/equipment to get that better money and then come back in with freight instead of cars. Also I have room to slip in a motorcycle up front on the trailer. Once I upgrade my truck I'm planing to find a decent used wedge though just to have that option.

What part of FL are you located in btw? I'm a bit NE of Orlando on the way to Daytona just off I4 a bit past Sanford.