The NAME on your truck

Now a days you don't have to have anything on the door except the USDOT # of whoever you are, or are leased to.
You can put anything else you want on there (you name, initials, logo etc) as long as the DOT # matches whats on the authority you run under.

If you run your own authority that says John Smith Trucking, you can use a logo that says JST like I said,,,as long as the DOT # matches what it says on your authority.

 

It's NOT against the regs!

Never heard of anyone being hassled over a logo,,,as long as the paperwork and #'s match.
What you put on the side of that truck doesn't matter other than the federal/state numbers.

 

Look at it this way...any time an officer wants to know about you,,,he types into his computer the USDOT #, KYU#, Vin#, etc. This tells him everything he wants to know. Having a picture of Ernie & Bert and saying leased to Sesame-Street means nothing to him.

 

OK,,,again.
What it says or doesn't say (Ernie & Bert for example) on the side of the truck doesn't mean squat!

What does matter is,,, does the DOT # match whats on the authority? (paper in your permit book)

Paint whatever you want to for a logo. If you had CRST logo,,,then the officer is gonna be confused when the #'s come back as something else, but as long as the #'s match the paperwork, the logo won't matter.

My "authority" says "R&B Trucking" and has my MC&DOT #'s.

If I put on my dors "Robin & Betty's Trucking" there's no problem.

The #'s & paperwork are all that matters...they have to match.

 

BTW,,,I don't run under my own authority anymore. I'm lease to Sammons, have their logo on the doors, but still have my R&B Trucking logo as well.

 

Pretty simple. 390.21 (1)